- Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Corgi; New edition edition (4 Dec 1987)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0552131318
- ISBN-13: 978-0552131315
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 10.6 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 76,902 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I've read this book more than once and I was delighted to see it available on Amazon. As a long time fan of Hugh Cook's work, I am pleased to say that this book has something for everyone (Except possibly small children). Women & Warlords is both funny andf serious, and features many of the incidental characters from the rest of the series. Like the other books, it is not so much a continuation of a saga but a crossover; the storyline runs throug, parrallel to, and overlaps, the other books, presenting a new perspective on the same wars and adventures that readers of the series will already be familiar with, that said, it's a great story in its own right and is somewhat darker in tone than some of the author's other work.
Format:Hardcover
One of the finest reads I had in the last months. It is not an ambitious work, let's face it, it's not Tolkien. However, it's tragic, comic, beautifully crafted and, above all, mad. If you like Red Dwarf or if you are into D&D and looking for an alternative, GRAB this one.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
The darkest book in an excellent series.
30 Oct 2000
Format:Hardcover
This is undoubtly the darkest and least "heroic" book in Hugh Cook's series: "Chronicles of an Age of Darkness", but it is a great read nonetheless. If you've ever wondered just how tough life would actually be for a women in a "realistic" medieval/fantasy world, look no further. The book never softens its grimly realistic tone by making artifical concessions to political correctness (which, in most modern fantasies, dictates that women should never be at a disadvantage to men, despite the implausibility of this in a typical fantasy/medieval world). Instead, we are given a believable account of a (determined and resourceful, but not super-human) woman's struggle to survive independently (i.e. without a man) in a very male-dominated and repressive culture. If this sounds like rather depressing reading, then you're not far wrong - this book is certainly less uplifting than any other in the series. However, it still contains the usual Hugh Cook elements in abundance - drama, excellent characterisation, invention and humour. Overall, it's not quite as good as some others in the series, particularly books 4, 9 and 10, but it's still a great read, and for a fan of the series, the future development of the careers of Morgan Hearst and Watashi is worth the purchase price by itself. Conclusion: well worth buying, especially if you're a fan of the series.
uneasy triumph
2 Nov 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Women and the Warlords is the true sequel to Wizards and the Warriors (book 1 in the series.) It is set primarily in the Collosnon Empire and shows a different view of the world of Argan, but the careers of Morgan Hearst and various other characters in book 1 are advanced, and the story makes sense in the world context.
The author takes a single main character, a female slave in the Collosnon Empire, and tells a complicated tale about her quest to live her life without male domination. Of course she ends up getting involved in world affairs, and altering history quite profoundly, but the book has a true narrative arc with a satisfying ending. The main character is good - she has grit and determination and a slight proclivity to violence, and she's likable. She also makes mistakes, sometimes serious, and you worry about her. A good protagonist for a good book.
I highly recommend it.
The author takes a single main character, a female slave in the Collosnon Empire, and tells a complicated tale about her quest to live her life without male domination. Of course she ends up getting involved in world affairs, and altering history quite profoundly, but the book has a true narrative arc with a satisfying ending. The main character is good - she has grit and determination and a slight proclivity to violence, and she's likable. She also makes mistakes, sometimes serious, and you worry about her. A good protagonist for a good book.
I highly recommend it.
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