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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345402998
ISBN: 0345402995
Label: Del Rey
Manufacturer: Del Rey
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: September 28, 1998
Publisher: Del Rey
Release Date: September 28, 1998
Sales Rank: 421976
Studio: Del Rey
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Videssos Besieged (1998) is the fourth fantasy novel of the Time of Troubles series, following The Thousand Cities. In the previous volume, Sharbaraz King of Kings finally told Abivard and Tzikas why they were not allowed to kill each other. Two years before, Sharbaraz had sent two emissaries to the Kubratoi to coordinate an attack on Videssos the City. The nomads would provide boats carved out of tree trunks to ferry the Makuraner troops across the strait and the Makurans would provide siege ... Read More
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In which Maniakes has to defend Videssos against Abivard of Makuran ...
This is the concluding volume of the original four books of the "Time of Troubles" quartet. It is set in the same world as the "Misplaced Legion" books, but several hundred years earlier. Anyone buying the books of this sequence has to be careful because of a change in the way the volumes are organised in more recent printings.
As originally published, the four books of this story were:
"The ... Read More
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Turtledove once again is trumphant in this series. He succinctly tells the tale of a siege and revolt while also imparting a good view of the inner thoughts of the main characters. My main criticism is the lack of a map. The earlier novels in this series suuply a map (however, bad they may be). A map gives the reader easy reference materials. A map of the City would also be advantageous. All people interested in Byzantine history will enjoy this series as well as his earlier Byzantine modeled ... Read More
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With an eye toward history and another on fantasy Turtledove has allowed us to walk in the Empire once again. His Time of Troubles series has continued his fictional history of the Big V, and I am struck at the lack of "common" plot themes. The heroes are enemies, the victory is won by chance and cunning, and the story takes the reader far past the typical end point of "we win." Well done, and keep them coming! I am wondering just WHO will rise on the Shield as the next Avtokrator........
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Harry Turtledove's "Videssos" books are among the classics of the fantasy genre -- solidly grounded in history (albeit intriguingly warped!), meticulously backgrounded, and narrated through living, vivid characters.
"Videssos Besieged" brings the latest (but hopefully not last) Videssian series to a satisfying conclusion. It has intrigue, suspense, and a pair of sympathetic antagonists -- the Videssian Avtokrator and the great Makuraner general Abivard. Both of them are human beings, ... Read More
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