This item is not eligible for Amazon Prime, but millions of other items are. Join Amazon Prime today. Already a member? Sign in.

17 used & new from £0.01
See All Buying Options

Have one to sell? Sell yours here
 
   
Tell a Friend
Bold As Love
 
 
Bold As Love (Hardcover)
by Gwyneth Jones (Author) "The sun was setting in a flood of scarlet and gold as a small white van cruised to a halt on the Caversham Road ..." (more)
4.1 out of 5 stars  (13 customer reviews)

Availability: Available from these sellers.

17 used & new available from £0.01
Other Editions: RRP: Our Price: Other Offers:
Hardcover 10 used & new from £3.07
Paperback 14 used & new from £2.74
 
   

Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought

Midnight Lamp (Gollancz S.F.)

Midnight Lamp (Gollancz S.F.) by Gwyneth Jones

4.2 out of 5 stars (5) 
Castles Made Of Sand (Gollancz S.F.)

Castles Made Of Sand (Gollancz S.F.) by Gwyneth Jones

3.7 out of 5 stars (3) 
Castles Made Of Sand (Gollancz S.F.)

Castles Made Of Sand (Gollancz S.F.) by Gwyneth Jones

3.7 out of 5 stars (3) 
Explore similar items : Books (3)

Product details
  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gollancz (16 Aug 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0575070307
  • ISBN-13: 978-0575070301
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  (13 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 738,704 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

    Popular in this category:

    #10 in  Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Authors, A-Z > J > Jones, Gwyneth

    (Publishers and authors: Improve Your Sales)
  • Other Editions: Hardcover  |  Paperback  |  All Editions


Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
Bold As Love is technically a science fiction novel, set as it is in a near future of political collapse and technological development, and yet it sprawls over the border between SF and fantasy. Ax is a rock musician conscripted by the government of post-Union England to consider the future and co-opt the counter-culture. He stays on to run things when the disgusting character, Pigsty, massacres his way to power, and Ax gradually becomes the much-loved centre of power and policy. Part of what keeps him ahead of events is a brain implant with all the information a benevolent despot might need; part is his fey lover Fiorinda and his best friend Sage, who is in love with Fiorinda and not sure of his exact feelings for Ax. These three are almost a latter-day Arthur, Guinevere and Lancelot... a fact that does not bode well for the second volume.

Jones' picture of a world falling apart at the seams--with its worryingly coherent portrayal of a competent dictator--is one of the more impressive things she has done; and Fiorinda with her conscience and angst-ridden past is a passionately lovable heroine. --Roz Kaveney

Product Description
Imagine John Lennon met Mick Jagger around 1968, really hit it off, went through the collapse of modern civilisation together, and changed from rockstars into genuine heroes. And came out on the other side ruling England. And imagine they were both in love with the same girl, and this gorgeous babe they both adored turned out to be . . . But this story isn't actually set in 1968, it's an alternate Now, and Fiorinda is no hapless sixties rock chick, but a formidable power in her own right: a child of our times and a timeless heroine. Bold As Love is an evocative Arthurian fantasy in which cultural icons (rock and roll stars) are cast as man of destiny, peerless warrior companion at his side, with a band of faithful companions, a princess in jeopardy, battle scenes, fancy dress, Celtic mythology, true romance, a wicked magician, the Holy Grail . . . More magical than the classic Divine Endurance, more exciting and moving than the award-winning White Queen: Bold As Love is a shamelessly romantic fantasy about England that asks what would happen to the rock nobility if all those protest songs and idealist opinions were put to the test . . .

See all Product Description


Inside This Book (Learn More)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence
The sun was setting in a flood of scarlet and gold as a small white van cruised to a halt on the Caversham Road. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Tag this product

 ( What's this?)
Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items.
Your tags: Add your first tag
Search Products Tagged with
 

 

Customer Reviews

13 Reviews