ISBN: 9781775457121

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (better known by his pen name “Lord Dunsany") was a prolific Anglo-Irish author of fantasy fiction. During his career, he published nearl… Mehr…

Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany (better known by his pen name “Lord Dunsany") was a prolific Anglo-Irish author of fantasy fiction. During his career, he published nearly a hundred books, hundreds of short stories, and many essays and other works. A newly illustrated and updated classic, Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley is an episodic tale set in a “Romantic Spain that never was,” following the titular character Don Rodriguez and his trusty servant on their quest to find the “wars” and a castle ~ a tale that interweaves elements of fantasy, comedy, adventure, and action. Like many of Dunsany's other works, it is hailed as a precursor to fantasy fiction.From the preface: "After long and patient research I am still unable to give to the reader of these Chronicles the exact date of the times that they tell of. Were it merely a matter of history there could be no doubts about the period; but where magic is concerned, to however slight an extent, there must always be some element of mystery, arising partly out of ignorance and partly from the compulsion of those oaths by which magic protects its precincts from the tiptoe of curiosity. Moreover, magic, even in small quantities, appears to affect time, much as acids affect some metals, curiously changing its substance, until dates seem to melt into a mercurial form that renders them elusive even to the eye of the most watchful historian. It is the magic appearing in Chronicles III and IV that has gravely affected the date, so that all I can tell the reader with certainty of the period is that it fell in the later years of the Golden Age in Spain." Digital Content>E-books>Sf,Fantasy>Fantasy>Fantasy, The Floating Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781775457121

A coming of age story set in the mythical golden age of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with swo… Mehr…

A coming of age story set in the mythical golden age of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his own estate and bride. Setting out to achieve his place in the world, Rodriguez quickly acquires a Sancho Panza-like servant, Morano, and goes on to experience a series of adventures en route to his goal. Digital Content>E-books>SF&Fantasy>Fantasy>Fantasy, The Floating Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781775457121

A coming of age story set in the mythical golden age of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with swo… Mehr…

A coming of age story set in the mythical golden age of Spain. The titular character is excluded from the inheritance of the family castle on the grounds that given his expertise with sword and mandolin he should be able to win his own estate and bride. Setting out to achieve his place in the world, Rodriguez quickly acquires a Sancho Panza-like servant, Morano, and goes on to experience a series of adventures en route to his goal. Digital Content>E-books>Sf,Fantasy>Fantasy>Fantasy, The Floating Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9781775457121

Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley Don-Rodriguez-Chronicles-Of-Shadow-Valley~~Edward-John-Moreton-Drax-Plunke-Dunsany Sf/Fantasy>Fantasy>Fantasy NOOK Book (eBook), The Floating Press