Category Archives: Lord of Emperors
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Art for Fantasy’s Sake Review by Bill Sheehan for Barnes & Noble Guy Gavriel Kay’s Lord of Emperors triumphantly concludes the massive, two-volume historical fantasy collectively entitled The Sarantine Mosaic. Sailing to Sarantium, the opening volume, appeared last year and … Continue reading
From Tapestry to Mosaic: The Fantasy Novels of Guy Gavriel Kay
A dialogue between Christopher Cobb and Mary Anne Mohanraj This article appears courtesy of Mary Anne Mohanraj and Christopher Cobb, and first appeared in Strange Horizons ezine. ___________________________________________________ Guy Gavriel Kay, one of the major fantasy authors of our time, … Continue reading
GGK’s Later Novels: The History behind the Books
This summation appears courtesy of Mary Anne Mohanraj and Christopher Cobb, and first appeared in Strange Horizons ezine. Each of Kay’s later novels is patterned after a different southern European culture and its history. The story in Tigana is modeled … Continue reading
Reading Passage from Lord of Emperors (Book 2 of The Sarantine Mosaic)
Passage from Chapter One of Lord of Emperors Rustem of Kerakek, son of Zorah, sat cross-legged on the woven Ispahani mat he used for teaching. He was reading, occasionally glancing up to observe his four students as they carefully copied … Continue reading