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'It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book' Daily Telegraph
'Readers might feel they have reached the book equivalent of the Promised Land' The Times
GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD is set in the Kingdom of Arran, in the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, A.D. 950. It tells the tale of two wandering adventurers and unlikely soulmates, variously plying their trades as swords for hire, horse thieves and con artists - until fortune entangles them in the myriad schemes and battles that follow a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars. Hired as escorts for a fugitive prince, they quickly find themselves half-willing generals in a mad rebellion, struggling to restore the prince's family to the throne. As their increasingly outrageous exploits unfold, they encounter a wondrous elephant, wily Rhadanite tradesmen, whores, thieves, soldiers, an emperor, and discover the truth about their young royal charge.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is a novel brimming with raucous humour and cliff-hanging suspense, combining the spirit of The Arabian Nights with the action of The Three Musketeers.
'It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book' Daily Telegraph
'Readers might feel they have reached the book equivalent of the Promised Land' The Times
GENTLEMEN OF THE ROAD is set in the Kingdom of Arran, in the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, A.D. 950. It tells the tale of two wandering adventurers and unlikely soulmates, variously plying their trades as swords for hire, horse thieves and con artists - until fortune entangles them in the myriad schemes and battles that follow a bloody coup in the medieval Jewish empire of the Khazars. Hired as escorts for a fugitive prince, they quickly find themselves half-willing generals in a mad rebellion, struggling to restore the prince's family to the throne. As their increasingly outrageous exploits unfold, they encounter a wondrous elephant, wily Rhadanite tradesmen, whores, thieves, soldiers, an emperor, and discover the truth about their young royal charge.
Beautifully illustrated throughout, this is a novel brimming with raucous humour and cliff-hanging suspense, combining the spirit of The Arabian Nights with the action of The Three Musketeers.
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
16. Oktober 2008
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
224
Autor/Autorin
Michael Chabon
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Gewicht
159 g
Größe (L/B/H)
203/131/20 mm
ISBN
9780340953556
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Pressestimmen
'Every page holds a twist, while the prose is rich, but perfect in its control, and its calibration between the poetic and the exotic ... readers might feel that they have reached the book equivalent of the Promised Land.' -- The Times 'It's been a while since I had such fun reading a book ... It's like dipping into a leather-bound chronicle full of exciting legends and reminded me of the fathomless pleasure with which I used to read as a child. I was rapt.' -- Daily Telegraph 'From the opening sentence of this rip-roaring, swashbuckling yarn, you know you're in the hands of a master ... That level of brio, invention and panache continues at breakneck pace throughout ... smart, clever and stylish' -- Scotland on Sunday 'A rip-roaring ride of a novel' -- Independent on Sunday 'Intricate and exuberant ... It's hard to resist its gathering momentum, not to mention the sheer headlong pleasure of Chabon's language.' -- New York Times Book Review 'a celebration of male friendship' -- Sunday Telegraph 20081109 'great fun' -- Sunday Times 20081109
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