Author:Edmund Spenser,C O'Donnell,Thomas Roche
The Faerie Queene was the first epic in English and one of the most influential poems in the language for later poets from Milton to Tennyson. Dedicating his work to Elizabeth I, Spenser brilliantly united medieval romance and renaissance epic to expound the glory of the Virgin Queen. The poem recounts the quests of knights including Sir Guyon, Knight of Constance, who resists temptation, and Artegall, Knight of Justice, whose story alludes to the execution of Mary Queen of Scots. Composed as an overt moral and political allegory, The Faerie Queene, with its dramatic episodes of chivalry, pageantry and courtly love, is also a supreme work of atmosphere, colour and sensuous description.
Manda Scott has created a fictional universe all her own, but close enough to our reality for it both to warm and break our hearts. Breathtakingly good, it reveals the best and worst in all of us
—— Val McDermidThe best in the current crop of novels about Rome, its empire and its victims ... never sentimental and always tough-minded
—— Roz Kaveney , IndependentEvery so often, a book comes along that totally remoulds a historical figure for our own times ... massively impressive
—— Jane Jakeman , Scotland on SundayA powerful novel, alive with the love, deceit, wisdom and the heroics of humanity
—— Jean M. AuelAn extraordinary work ... exciting and intriguing, taking you into a world where unbelievable danger and cruelty sit side by side with magic, spirituality and profound human relationships
—— Jenni MurrayUtterly convincing and compelling ... A stunning feat of the imagination and an absolute must-read
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