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The Complete Lyonesse:

Suldrun's Garden, The Green Pearl, Madouc
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Orion, Aug 26, 2010 - Fiction - 816 pages
The Elder Isles - an ancient land where chivalry and the realm of fairie exist side by side. A land of mystery, strange beauty, high adventure and arcane magic. Kings are at war, opposing magicians devise ever more cunning stratagems. It is a land where princesses and changelings both can become embroiled in political rivalries and the quest for the grail The Gollancz Black Books have proved to be an immensely successful formula for getting well loved stories into the hands of people who also love well made books. Jack Vance's Complete Lyonesse is a perfect addition to the series and contains Madouc the novel for which Vance won the World Fantasy Award.

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Review: The Complete Lyonesse (Lyonesse #1-3 omnibus)

User Review  - Roberta - Goodreads

Brilliant plot, characterization, and style. Loved Vance's wit. Read full review

Review: The Complete Lyonesse (Lyonesse #1-3 omnibus)

User Review  - Christina Stind - Goodreads

This book contains all three books in the Lyonesse trilogy. Therefore, spoilers to book 1 can be found in the review of book 2 and so forth. I'll review each book below and then briefly summarize my ... Read full review

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About the author (2010)

Jack Vance was born in 1916 and studied mining engineering and journalism at the University of California. During the Second World War he served in the merchant navy and was torpedoed twice. He started contributing stories to the pulp magazines in the mid 1940s and published his first book, The Dying Earth, in 1950. Among his many books are The Dragon Master, for which he won his first Hugo, Big Planet, The Anome and the Lyoness sequence.

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