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Tales of Three Hemispheres by Lord Dunsany

Tales of Three Hemispheres

Lord Dunsany

Start Publishing LLC · Print & ebook · August 24, 2015

A Fantasy pick for readers exploring Tales of Three Hemispheres.

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Genres
Fantasy Anthologies, Short Stories (Single Author), The Classics
Published
Start Publishing LLC, August 24, 2015

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About this book

This collection helped make Lord Dunsany a fantasy legend. Poetic prose, magical lands, old gods, atmospheric castles, ghosts, magic, power, and majesty fill these pages. "There was once a man who sought a boon of the gods. For peace was over the world and all things savoured of sameness, and the man was weary at heart and sighed for the tents and the warfields. Therefore he sought a boon of the ancient gods.

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And appearing before them he said to them, "Ancient gods; there is peace in the land where I dwell, and indeed to the uttermost parts, and we are full weary of peace. O ancient gods, grant us war!""

Where it sits

Fantasy Anthologies96%
Short Stories (Single Author)63%
The Classics58%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • The Classics
  • Fairy Tales & Myths
  • War Fiction
Authors
Lord Dunsany
Publisher
Start Publishing LLC
Published
August 24, 2015
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
The Classics