- Paperback: 720 pages
- Publisher: Corgi (3 Dec 1992)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552138495
- ISBN-13: 978-0552138499
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 10.8 x 4.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 973,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This massive novel of 57 chapters and about 250,000 words is the story of a barbarian named Guest Gulkan. Before buying, see the free PDF file at zenvirus.com/witchlord to check if the book format is okay for you. The PDF contains the front matter and the first chapter. Format: 8.5 inches wide by 11 inches tall.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is it, the final volume, an epic fantasy in which Guest Gulkan travels from boyhood to maturity and along the way tries to claim "his" Empire. Vast time frame spans decades and four continents. Excellent blend of humour, philosophy, and adventure, set in one of the most original - if not enormous - canvases in all of sword & sorcery literature.
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This is a fantastic book. It's fantasy but it contains lots of insights into reality. It manages to be deadly serious at some points and hugely funny at others. It reminded me of a much funnier version of one of Plutarch's 'Lives' with chance, character flaws, poorly thought out plans and the actions of other people constantly messing up the characters' plans. The nonsense talked by some of the characters and the insults they use against one another are probably the funniest part of the book though.
The characters are all believable and interesting with a mixture of virtues and terrible flaws, selfish and noble actions, wise and unthinking ones. There are lots of references to different historical characters (and some in the not so recent past as it was written in the 1980s).
It's the final one in the series but really it doesn't matter what order you read them in - you can follow the plot in each one on its own.
The characters are all believable and interesting with a mixture of virtues and terrible flaws, selfish and noble actions, wise and unthinking ones. There are lots of references to different historical characters (and some in the not so recent past as it was written in the 1980s).
It's the final one in the series but really it doesn't matter what order you read them in - you can follow the plot in each one on its own.
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I class the first 5 books in this series to be the BEST quintology(?) ever.
It went a bit funny after that. Hmmm. But I read 6-9 and...they were okay. But although I'd bought it, I never looked at book 10 (this book).
Years passed. I read it. Wow!
This belongs with Books 1-5. It's wonderful. That whole epic, travelogue style with the plot interweaving with the other books....excellent, excellent.
It went a bit funny after that. Hmmm. But I read 6-9 and...they were okay. But although I'd bought it, I never looked at book 10 (this book).
Years passed. I read it. Wow!
This belongs with Books 1-5. It's wonderful. That whole epic, travelogue style with the plot interweaving with the other books....excellent, excellent.
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