- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Gollancz; New edition edition (8 Nov 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0575072679
- ISBN-13: 978-0575072671
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 727,711 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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One of the greatest of the early epic heroic fantasies
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When young Alvar Alvarson is evicted from his farm for non-payment of taxes, he sets out to make his own way in the world. Charged by the sinister old enchanter Doctor Meliboe with delivering a message to a secret band of conspirators, he finds himself caught up in a plot against the ruling military caste. His life becomes a whirlwind of action, colour and conflict as he first falls for the passionate girl-soldier, Evadne, and then is forced to head up a desperate rebellion against the country's rulers. Colourful characters and swashbuckling adventures abound as Alvar makes his way from adolescence to manhood.
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A must for any serious fantasy reader,
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This review is from: The Well Of The Unicorn (Fantasy Masterworks) (Paperback)
This book lacks the atmosphere of most fantasy novels and is written in a rather down to earth style. Not much magic and Alvar Alvarson isn't a thoroughly engaging character. I suspect Fletcher Pratt was at his happiest when writing his wonderful spoofs on Romance with L. Sprague de Camp. Neither writer got better than The Compleat Enchanter. I bought it because Michael Moorcock recommends it in his study of Epic Fantasy 'Wizardry and Wild Romance', but to be honest I found it slow. Not boring. But slow. What is interesting about it is that it was written before there was any sort of established genre so as with Poul Anderson's The Broken Sword (a far superior Norse epic which preceded Tolkein) Pratt was making his own rules. A lot of journeying about ssome longeurs, but never unreadable. Hard to describe better. I'm glad I read it.
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