Viewing Entry - The roots of the mountains (S14431) by Morris, William.
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Overview
Title
The roots of the mountains : wherein is told somewhat of the lives of the men of Burgdale, their friends, their neighbors, their foemen, and their fellows in arms
Author / Responsible party
Morris, William.
Collection
Fiction
Genre
Fantasy fiction.
Topics
Fantasy fiction. Supernatural fiction. Historical fiction.
Restrictions
Yes
Intended Audience
Adult
Publisher
VisAbility Ltd.
Published
2019
Summary
The Roots of the Mountains was the second in a projected series of three historical novels set in a pre-medieval Germanic world (the third was not completed). It follows the themes of House of the Wolfings, which was published in the same year, into a later generation. A loose alliance of Dalesmen, Woodlanders and Shepherds who have lived in peace around the valley of Burgdale for so long that they barely remember war, find their peace disturbed by the Sons of the Wolf and the invading Dusky Men. Morris’s exploration of the social and economic organization of this fictional pre-medieval world reflects his socialism; the figure of the Dusky Men (unable to breed with the Germanic tribes and slaughtered without compassion) reflects the racial politics of his times. Long neglected, Morris’s two Germanic novels were rediscovered when they were published as the sixteenth and nineteenth volumes in the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library. - Summary by Phil Benson
Additional Information
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System control number
S14431
Original Print Publisher
London ; New York ; Bombay : Longmans, Green, and Co., 1893
