![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pride and beauty are framed by the scenery of the land and the songs of the troubadours.Ĭentral to the present narrative is Blaise de Garsenc, who is haunted by memories of the last war in his native Gorhaut and the shame of its diplomatic aftermath, seeking independence from his father's calculating domination and an escape from a land in which he has no pride. A tale unfolds of betrayal, misunderstandings, longing, lust, love and lifelong enmity. The harsh northern kingdom of Gorhaut, with its debauched king and misogynist clerics of the God, is looking greedily over its cramped borders to bountiful Arbonne, land of sun and song under the female-oriented rule of the Goddess. Guy Gavriel Kay's A Song For Arbonne is set in his double-mooned fantasy world, with strong shadings of medieval Provence (France). ![]()
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