Previous SFF Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
(1956- )
Gillian Bradshaw grew up in Washington, Chile, and Michigan. At the University of Michigan she did joint honors in English and Classics, and won the Hopwood Award for Fiction, the Bain-Swigett Prize for poetry in traditional form, and the Phillips Prize for Classical Greek. Then she went to Newnham College, Cambridge, in the UK, to read Classics. She married a physics professor. They live in Coventry and have four children and one grandson. Learn more at Gillian Bradshaw’s website.
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Hawk of May by Gillian Bradshaw
I thought I was tired of Arthurian Legend and I’ve avoided reading one for quite a while now, but Gillian Bradshaw’s beautifully written story about Sir Gawain has changed my mind. Hawk of May takes place early in Arthur’s career and is inspired by the Welsh legends of King Arthur, the Sidhe, and Cú Chulainn. I’m looking forward to reading the rest of Bradshaw’s DOWN THE LONG WIND trilogy.
In Hawk of May,
Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Gillian Bradshaw | Audio | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Kingdom of Summer by Gillian Bradshaw
In Kingdom of Summer, Gillian Bradshaw’s second novel in her DOWN THE LONG WIND trilogy, Gwalchmai (the Welsh version of Sir Gawain) is traveling Britain in search of Elidan, a noblewoman he fell in love with off screen. He wronged her eight years previously and hasn’t seen her since. (We didn’t see any of this happen in the previous novel, Hawk of May, but he tells us the story near the beginning of Kingdom of Summer.)
During his travels,
Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Gillian Bradshaw | Audio | SFF Reviews | no comments |
In Winter’s Shadow by Gillian Bradshaw
In Winter’s Shadow is the final book in Gillian Bradshaw’s DOWN THE LONG WIND trilogy, an elegantly written historical fantasy about King Arthur that’s inspired by the Welsh legends. While the first two books, Hawk of May and Kingdom of Summer, have focused on Gwalchmai (Sir Gawain), this last novel is written from Gwynhwyfar’s perspective. You certainly don’t need to read the previous books to fully appreciate In Winter’s Shadow,
Kat Hooper´s rating: 3.5 | Gillian Bradshaw | Audio | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
Horses of Heaven by Gillian Bradshaw
Gillian Bradshaw’s Horses of Heaven is a historical fantasy set in a place and time far from fantasy’s beaten path: central Asia in 140 B.C. It takes place in the kingdom of Ferghana, which was once on the eastern fringe of Alexander’s empire. Now, Alexander is long dead and Ferghana is an uneasy mix of Greeks and native Sakas. The widowed King Mauakes makes a political marriage with a Greco-Bactrian princess, Heliokleia, but he is abusive toward her and their marriage is a disaster from the start.
Kelly Lasiter´s rating: 4 | Gillian Bradshaw | Stand-Alone, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | 2 comments |
Previous SFF Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley
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