The Rivan Codex: Ancient Texts of the Belgariad and the Malloreon - Rilegato

Eddings, David; Eddings, Leigh

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ISBN 10: 0345424026 ISBN 13: 9780345424020

Casa editrice: Del Rey, 1998

Riassunto

The best-selling fantasy authors take their fans on a behind-the-scenes tour of their Belgariad and Malloreon saga and its companion stories, presenting the extensive background materials they compiled in preparation for the epic adventure.

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David Eddings published his first novel, <b>High Hunt</b>, in 1973, before turning to the field of fantasy and <i>The Belgariad,</i> soon followed by <i>The Malloreon.</i> Born in Spokane, Washington, in 1931, and raised in the Puget Sound area north of Seattle, he received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, in 1954 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1961. He has served in the United States Army, has worked as a buyer for the Boeing Company, and has been a grocery clerk and a college English teacher. <br><br>Leigh Eddings has collaborated with her husband for more than a dozen years.<br><br>David and Leigh Eddings live in the Southwest.

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t Texts of The Belgariad and The Malloreon</b><br><br>When David Eddings sketched a strange map one morning before work, he took the first step in an extraordinary imaginative journey that would last for years and result in a majestic saga of Gods, Kings, and Sorcerers--one loved by millions of readers the world over. Now David and Leigh Eddings take us on a fascinating behind-the-scenes tour of the extensive background materials they compiled before beginning the masterpiece of epic fantasy unforgettably set down in The Belgariad and The Malloreon and their two companion volumes, Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress.<br><br>Our tour stretches from the wealthy Empire of Tolnedra to the remote Isle of the Winds, from the mysterious mountains of Ulgoland to the forbidding reaches of darkest Mallorea. We will visit the time before Time when two opposing Destinies began the cataclysmic struggle for supremacy that would involve Gods and men alike, crack a world asunder, and threa

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Del Rey
• Data di pubblicazione: 1998
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0345424026
• ISBN 13: 9780345424020
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 394
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