- Title:
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The Year of Ancient Ghosts (MP3)
- Written by:
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Kim Wilkins
- Read by:
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Caroline Lee
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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1
- Duration:
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11 hours 35 minutes
- MP3 size:
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523 MB
- Published:
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May 01 2020
- Available Date:
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May 01 2020
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9780655671336
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Fantasy Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Award winning author
Australian author
Award-winning author Kim Wilkins compiles five novellas (three reprinted, two original) in this strong collection.
The Year of Ancient Ghosts features five novellas of the fantastic, all centred around medieval myth and history.
A mother and her daughter come to the remote Orkneys to grieve and find themselves instead dealing with a ghostly Viking legend.
A dark-ages king doesn’t realise his wife carries another man’s child and she is desperate for him not to find out.
A young woman, who has spent her whole life hiding her supernatural strength, discovers on the eve of her wedding that she is Odin’s daughter.
Sir Percival’s sister finds herself trapped in a castle of bloodletting sorcerers with only her sexuality as a weapon.
In the wake of the Norman conquest, the daughter of an abusive man falls in love with a Norman priest whose abilities blur the line between religion and magic.
'Wilkins adds fantastic elements to her depiction of ages past and present, but rather than relying on standard fantasy tropes, her stories are informed by detailed research into the periods in question. She clearly has an affection for the Middle Ages that does not blind her to the realities; the resulting stories often highlight the unpleasant elements of that period without reveling in them.'
Publishers Weekly