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The Tale of Krispos (Krispos, #1-3)
The dazzling story of a boy who rises from poverty and hardship to become the greatest leader his world has ever known
KRISPOS RISING
Born a ragged peasant, Krispos lives on the family farm until crushing taxes drove him from the land he calls home. With only a single gold piece to his name–a gift from a nomad chieftain who claimed it carried magic–Krispos heads for the impe...more
KRISPOS RISING
Born a ragged peasant, Krispos lives on the family farm until crushing taxes drove him from the land he calls home. With only a single gold piece to his name–a gift from a nomad chieftain who claimed it carried magic–Krispos heads for the impe...more
Paperback, 1008 pages
Published
October 30th 2007
by Del Rey
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This is vaguely irrelevant to the book itself, but collecting the entire trilogy into one novel made for a very unwieldy book. The size of this volume is a bit odd, it's very floppy and hard to read, and the paper is really thin and cheap. To the point where you can see the words on the back of the page while reading the front. It's much more enjoyable to read this in 3 volumes.
A rags to riches story, well written and fun. Yeah its Rome, yeah theres Magic. But Harry pulls it together nicely with a great character study of a man who makes his own destiny.
Not bad, but I expect more from Turtledove. His alternate history stories were much better, I think. The first in this volume (Krispos Rising) is the best of the three.
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Harry Norman Turtledove (born June 14, 1949) is an American novelist, who has produced works in several genres including alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy and science fiction.
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