- Paperback: 496 pages
- Publisher: Forge; Reprint edition (Jun 2001)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0312875568
- ISBN-13: 978-0312875565
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 16.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,829,248 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An exciting and passionate epic of the dawn of history in the bestselling tradition of The Mists of Avalon and Valley of the Horses
Millions of readers have thrilled to such stirring sagas of early history as Jean Auel's The Clan of the Cave Bear, Kathleen and Michael Gear's People of the Earth, and Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon. The audience for these epic tales of heroic adventure, passionate romance, and ancient gods and goddesses continues to grow, and readers have been clamoring for more.
Now, with White Mare's Daughter, Judith Tarr answers that demand, with a sweeping saga that expertly blends all of the elements that made these works into international bestsellers: A courageous heroine driven by a powerful vision. A great love story filled with stirring romance and ardent passion. A turbulent, forgotten age when the Great Goddess was still worshipped openly.
It is the gripping saga of Sarama, the beautiful, headstrong young priestess of a nomadic warrior band, whose majestic white horse is the incarnation of the Goddess Epona on Earth. Her fateful odyssey to a great city where women still rule unleashes an epic and violent clash of cultures that changes the course of history. Filled with impressive characters, heart-stopping adventure, turbulent action, and unbridled desire, White Mare's Daughter is a breakthrough novel that is sure to win this master storyteller a host of devoted new readers.
"A remarkably believable story with a rich sense of time and place". -- Jean Auel on Lord of the Two Lands
"Seduction, power and politics are the order of the day". -- Library Journal on Throne of Isis
"Judith Tarr is as confident in describing the battlefields ofwar as she is in exploring the conflicts of love". -- Washington Post --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Set in the pre-historic past, when the Kurgan cultures came westwards from the steppes on their horses, _White Mare's Daughter_ is another marvellous novel from Tarr. With her academic training in history and her love of horses, the story flows naturally along, filled with surprises, tension, and wonder. There's a very thin layer of seemingly-fantastic elements, such as prophetic visions, but this seems very strongly based on shamanistic practices rather than true magic.
The first in her thematic trilogy set around pre-historic and ancient horse cultures, _White Mare's Daughter_ is not to be missed.
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15 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Go west, young girl...and do very little!
30 Nov 2000
Format:Hardcover
I have never read a Judith Tarr novel before; but I had read good reviews of her other works, so I was looking forward to reading an entertaining, meaty epic.
I was very disappointed.
For one thing, there is no serious action going on until almost two hundred pages into the story. All I kept seeing was Sarama, daughter of the Chief of the White Horse People and newly made Servant of Horse Goddess, doing little more than trotting around on her white mare and thinking about how glad she was not to be like all the other women of the tribe: veiled, submissive, and permanently shut away in their tribal tents.
Once in a while, a hint would drop about Old Woman, the previous Priestes and Servant of the Mare who took the infant Sarama and trained her for succession; but there was absolutely no real information about Sarama's life with her. Tarr could have at least devoted one chapter to Sarama's actual upbringing with Old Woman.
Agni, Sarama's twin brother, was more interesting. At least Tarr took the time to develop him into a person. Sure, he's arrogant and short-sighted and thinks that being king is the ultimate calling; but at least he DOES something. The scenes where he captures and trains his own stallion are interesting. When he follows his sister westward, with every intention of subduing the matriarchal culture beyond the Great Wood, Agni actually has to think outside his tribal box and consider the political and strategic ramifications of his actions.
Anyone who has read Sjoo or Gimbutas will find the matriarchal cities very familiar. The women rule, the men serve, and to every query that anyone posits comes the reply: "the Lady wills it". I found that to be as annoying as any Fundementalist tract. The gods in this book (whether it is the Lady, Horse Goddess, or Skyfather) are just as removed as they are in "real life". I read about people worshipping their respective deities and, while the women in the Western cities may have felt some temporary bliss, it seemed to me that they were just going through the motions. There is a good scene where one of the characters relates to Agni about how the women would braid their hair to keep it out of the way. Soon, the fashion became tradition. That's how I viewed the spirituality in this book. The core of faith had long since faded and now it was all just a matter of procedure.
Anyway, I hope to read something better of Judith Tarr in the future.
7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Some sort of meatiness
29 Dec 1999
Format:Hardcover
Good writing, but I found it hard to stomach the male slave element (Beefy, dim-witted, beautiful, well-endowed and submissive men serving wise women) and the contrast between the advanced Goddess-lead society and the primitive society of raping savages that follow male gods? Simplistic and bizarre, too bad.
loved it
5 Dec 2011
Format:Hardcover
Tarr knowledge of horses and history shine in her fantasy. So far this author has not disappointed me.
This book stand alone ,but "Lady of horses" "Daughter of Lir" (sequel) and "The Shepherd kings" enrich this book.
This book stand alone ,but "Lady of horses" "Daughter of Lir" (sequel) and "The Shepherd kings" enrich this book.
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