by Mary Gentle (Author)
The White Crow, one-time Soldier-Scholar of the Invisible College and a practioner of Hermetic science and magic, and Baltazar Casaubon, architect and lover, a man not too particular about his personal hygiene, are two of Mary Gentle's finest creations. The worlds they stride across range from the Renaissance city where aristocratic rats rule the human servant class, to a near-future London where chaos is come again. They are two of the most powerful players in the games of magic and politics, and the most colourful. This volume brings together three brilliantly imaginative, powerful and disturbing tales - Rats and Gargoyles, The Architecture of Desire and Left to His Own Devices - and the linked short fiction and confirms Mary Gentle as one of the foremost writers of dark and visionary fantasy.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 847
Edition: paperback / softback
Publisher: Gollancz
Published: 10 Apr 2003
ISBN 10: 0575075198
ISBN 13: 9780575075191
Book Overview: Mary Gentle's ASH was a Gollancz bestseller, winner of the Sidewise Award 'Wonderful ... once you've entered you will never want to leave' Michael Moorcock 'Her subtlety in depicting the supernatural events of her world is well nigh miraculous' Washington Post Book World 'The writing is as intricate as filigree but as tough as wrought iron' The Times 'Such command of the language and historical detail, and such superlative characterisation' Chicago Sun-Times