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The Corn King and the Spring Queen

Naomi Mitchison author Naomi Mitchison editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Canongate Books

Published:1st Jul '10

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'This breathtaking recreation of life in the ancient world welds the power of myth and magic to a stirring plot.' Ian Rankin

Introduced by Naomi Mitchison. Set over two thousand years ago on the calm and fertile shores of the Black Sea, Naomi Mitchison's The Corn King and the Spring Queen tells of ancient civilisations where tenderness, beauty and love vie with brutality and dark magic. Erif Der, a young witch, is compelled by her father to marry his powerful rival, Tarrik the Corn King, so becoming the Spring Queen. Forced by her father, she uses her magic spells to try and break Tarrik's power. But one night Tarrik rescues Sphaeros, an Hellenic philosopher, from a shipwreck. Sphaeros in turn rescues Tarrik from near death and so breaks the enchantment that has bound him. And so begins for Tarrik a Quest - a fabulous voyage of discovery which will bring him new knowledge and which will reunite him with his beautiful Spring Queen.

The breathtaking recreation of life in the ancient world welds the power of myth and magic to a stirring plot. -- Ian Rankin

ISBN: 9780862412876

Dimensions: 196mm x 126mm x 40mm

Weight: 455g

672 pages

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