eBooks - Fantasy - Fantasy - Lord Dunsany - Lin Carter - John Betancourt - Don Rodriguez, or Chronicles of Shadow Valley
Don Rodriguez, or Chronicles of Shadow Valley eBook
By: Lord Dunsany ~ Introduction by: Lin Carter ~ Introduction by: John Betancourt
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Don Rodriguez, or Chronicles of Shadow Valley Summary
| Lord Dunsany's first novel, "Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley conveys its young disinherited protagonist through a fantasized Spain, gifting him with a Sancho Panza companion, good luck with magicians, and a castle" [The Encyclopedia of Fantasy]. It is a landmark tale for Dunsany, beginning his move from the otherworldly short stories for which his reputation is justly famous to novels, such as the follow-up The King of Elfland's Daughter and The Charwoman's Shadow. L. Sprague de Camp has said: "Dunsany was the second writer (William Morris in the 1880s being the first) fully to exploit the possibilities of . . . adventurous fantasy laid in imaginary lands, with gods, witches, spirits, and magic, like children? |
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eBooks - Titles - Authors - Fantasy - Fantasy - Lord Dunsany - Lin Carter - John Betancourt - Don Rodriguez, or Chronicles of Shadow Valley