When young Walter encounters his kinsman Michael Scot, his life is changed for ever. Even in the turbulent Borderlands of 13th-century Scotland, Michael has a fearsome reputation as a magician and master of forbidden arts, trafficking with the demons of middle air.
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Michael Scott Rohan (1951 - )
Michael Scott Rohan was born in Edinburgh, in 1951, of a French father and Scottish mother, and was educated at the Edinburgh Academy and St.Edmund Hall, Oxford. He is the author of twelve fantasy and science-fiction novels, including the award-winning Winter of the World trilogy, and co-author of two more, as well as short stories and several non-fiction books. His books have appeared throughout Europe, the USA and the rest of the world, and have been republished as eBooks by SF Gateway. Besides writing novels he has been a Times columnist, edited reference books, and reviews and writes about classical music for all the major British music magazines, currently BBC Music Magazine and Opera. He enjoys singing, arguing, beer, Oriental food, travelling, playing with longbows and computers, and hobbies including archaeology and palaeontology. After 2000, diagnosed with incurable illness, he abandoned fiction writing. However, he has managed to continue travelling, throughout Scandinavia, North and South America, and both Antarctica and the Arctic, and he is finishing another fantasy novel. He and his American wife Deborah now live in a small village near Cambridge, and in Edinburgh.
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Da: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Regno Unito
Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR001701719
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Da: bbs, Lincolnshire, Regno Unito
Paperback: 7" x 4½". Condizione: Very Good: Light signs of wear. Cover Art: Ian Miller (illustratore). 1997 Edition. © 1994: A stand-alone novel by Michael Scott Rohan. 1st printing of 1997 edition:- Synopsis: From the wilds of the Borders to the enchanting and terrifying lands of Faerie. When young Walter encounters his kinsman Michael Scot his life is changed for ever. Even in the turbulent Borderlands of thirteenth-century Scotland, Michael had a fearsome reputation as a magician and master of forbidden arts, trafficking with the demons of middle air. Now he has returned from years of exile with the Pope's pardon and the favour of the Emperor, a peaceful man of God - and yet strange events still follow him. When his father is ambushed and killed, and his lands and his very life threatened by a necromancer, Michael appears to offer Walter the aid he desperately needs. Soon he is transported to another world, ensnaring, enchanting, seductive. There he finds a new life, new heroism and a new, all-consuming love. But there is a terrible price he must pay:- Review(s): "Rohan combines history, legend, magic and humanity with genuinely superb results. Genuinely superb. A classic as both fantasy and adventure" - Locus:- (original cost £5.99). Codice articolo 17.011.00074
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Da: Harry Righton, Evesham, Regno Unito
Soft Cover. Condizione: Good +. Scuffed cover edges, brown pages, corner creases Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Codice articolo 109845
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