Tigana by Guy Kay (novel24 txt) 📕

Martines, Jacob Burckhardt, Iris Origo and Joseph Huizinga. In this regard, I wish also to pay grateful tribute to the memory of two men for whom I have long held the deepest respect, and whose work and sources of inspiration have so profoundly guided my own: Joseph Campbell and Robert Graves.

Finally, while it may often appear to be a matter of ritual or rote when an author mentions the role of a spouse in the creation of a book, I can only affirm that it is with both gratitude and love that I wish to acknowledge the sustaining encouragement and counsel I have received in the writing of Tigana, both in Tuscany and at home, from my wife Laura.

About the Author

Guy Gavriel Kay was born and raised in Canada. In 1974–5 he spent a year in Oxford assisting Christopher Tolkien in his editorial construction of JRR Tolkien’s posthumously published The Silmarillion. Widely regarded as one of the pre-eminent fantasy novelists currently writing, he has subsequently published nine books, which have been translated into twenty-two languages and appeared on bestseller lists around the world.

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Copyright

Copyright © Guy Gavriel Kay 1990

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

ISBN: 978 0 00 734204 4

EPub Edition © 2010 ISBN: 9780007352234

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