Taliesin
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Taliesin

by Stephen R. Lawhead

1987•Fantasy•511 pages

Taste attributes: fantasyadventurehistoricalfresh & originalheavyimaginarylinearglossybig & variedemotive & stirringall consuming questhuman spirit/resilience/survivalfish out of water/culture clash

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Boxlist takeAn otherworldly, stirring fantasy novel: expansive and stylish. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

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About This Book

It was a time of legend, when the last shadows of the mighty Roman conqueror faded from the captured Isle of Britain. While across a vast sea, bloody war shattered a peace that had flourished for two thousand years in the doomed kingdom of Atlantis.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyAdventureHistoricalAll consuming questHuman spirit/resilience/survivalFish out of water/culture clash

Subjects

AdaptationsArthurian romancesAtlantisBards and bardismFantasy

Details

Author
Stephen R. Lawhead
Published
1987
Pages
511
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