num_pages: 688
description: 
  Drawing on the most powerful mythic archetypes, this masterful epic of magic, politics, war—and the power of love and hate—mines the rich veins of literature from Arthurian legends to Shakespearean tragedy to the decadent, dazzling intrigues of Renaissance courts.
Set in a long-vanquished land, Tigana is the deeply moving story of a beleaguered land caught in a web of tyranny, struggling to be free. It is the tale of a people so cursed by the dark sorceries of the tyrant King Brandin that even the very name of their once beautiful land cannot be spoken or remembered. But years after their homeland's devastation, a handful of men and women, following a leader whose identity is the most closely guarded secret of their day, set in motion a dangerous crusade—to overthrow their conquerors and bring back to the world the lost brightness of an obliterated name: Tigana.Against the magnificently realized background of a world both sensuous and brutal, Guy Gavriel Kay weaves an epic of passion and fire and the pursuit of a dream. Musicians, merchants, courtesans, farmers from the hinterlands, renegade magicians, noble lords and ladies in high-walled castles—all come together to play a part in shaping the final pattern of seductions, intrigue, and betrayal. In their quest for vengeance and renewal, the heirs of a broken land learn that they must also contend with the deepest, most unpredictable enigma of all—love.With this rich, masterfully written, multidimensional work, the internationally acclaimed author of the Fionavar trilogy has created an epic narrative that will change forever the boundaries of fantasy fiction. Breathtaking in its depth and vision, it is that rare, spellbinding novel in which myth comes alive and magic reaches out to touch us.
language: English
title: Tigana
titlecomplete: Tigana
genres: Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Canada, High Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy, Adult, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Audiobook
ratings_count: 47200
awards: awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Fantasy Novel, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Mythopoeic Fantasy Award, awardedAt: 662716800000
name: Prix Aurora Award
category: Best Long Form Work in English
publisher: Viking