MISTRESS OF MISTRESSES: Book 1 (Zimiamvia) - Softcover

Eddison, E.R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 000757813X ISBN 13: 9780007578139

Publisher: HarperFiction, 2014

Synopsis

The first volume in the classic epic trilogy of parallel worlds, admired by Tolkien and the great prototype for The Lord of the Rings and modern fantasy fiction.

According to legend, the Gates of Zimiamvia lead to a land ‘that no mortal foot may tread, but that souls of the dead that were great upon earth do inhabit.’ Here they forever live, love, do battle, and even die again.

Edward Lessingham – artist, poet, king of men and lover of women – is dead. But from Aphrodite herself, the Mistress of Mistresses, he has earned the promise to live again with the gods in Zimiamvia in return for her own perilous future favours.

This sequel to The Worm Ouroboros recounts the story of Lessingham’s first day in this strange Valhalla, where a lifetime is a day and where – among enemies, enchantments, guile and triumph – his destiny can be rewritten.

About this title

About the Author

Eric Rucker Eddison was born in Adel, England, in 1882. His writings include the first complete translation of the Icelandic epic, Egil’s Saga; the novels The Worm Oroboros and Stybiorn the Strong; and the trilogy Zimiamvia, including the final book, The Mezentian Gate, which was left unfinished when he died suddenly of a stroke in 1945.

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperFiction
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 000757813X
• ISBN 13: 9780007578139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400