Judith Tarr
Autor(a) de Household Gods
About the Author
Judith Tarr was born in Augusta, Maine on January 30, 1955. She received a B.A. in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College, an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Medieval studies from Yale University. She is the author of more than twenty novels including mostrar mais The Golden Horn, The Hound and the Falcon, Avaryan Rising, Alamut, The Daggar and the Cross, The Lord of Two Lands, Pillar of Fire, The Throne of Isis, White Mare's Daughter, Queen of Swords, Arrows of the Sun, and Spear of Heaven. She also wrote a juvenile book entitled His Majesty's Elephant. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Judith Tarr
Uncanny Magazine Issue 24: September/October 2018 (Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction) (2018) — Editor — 40 exemplares
Mending Souls [short fiction] 4 exemplares
Dragon Winter 3 exemplares
Them Old Hyannis Blues {short story} 3 exemplares
Signs And Stones 2 exemplares
I Sing of a Maiden [novelette] 2 exemplares
Piece de Resistance 2 exemplares
East of the Sun, West of Acousticville (novelette) 2 exemplares
The Revenants 1 exemplar
Dame A La Licorne 1 exemplar
Finding the Grail 1 exemplar
La danse de l'équinoxe (White Magic, #1) 1 exemplar
The Hermit and the Sídhe 1 exemplar
The God Of Chariots 1 exemplar
Classical Horses 1 exemplar
Al-Ghazalah 1 exemplar
In The Name Of The King 1 exemplar
Ο κυρίαρχος των δύο κόσμων 1 exemplar
Remedia Amoris 1 exemplar
Penthesilea 1 exemplar
Silver Stone And Steel 1 exemplar
Dealing In Futures 1 exemplar
Voice in the Desert {short story} 1 exemplar
Kehailan 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Out of Avalon: An Anthology of Old Magic & New Myths (15-in-1) (2001) — Contribuidor — 290 exemplares
What Might Have Been, Volumes 1 & 2: Alternate Empires, Alternate Heroes (1989) — Contribuidor — 180 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Outros nomes
- Brennan, Caitlin
Bryan, Kathleen - Data de nascimento
- 1955-01-30
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Augusta, Maine, USA
- Locais de residência
- Vail, Arizona, USA
- Educação
- Mount Holyoke College
University of Cambridge
Yale University - Ocupações
- novelist
horse breeder
historical novelist
science fiction writer
fantasy novelist - Organizações
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
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Fatal error: Call to undefined function isLitsy() in /var/www/html/inc_magicDB.php on line 425- Judith Tarr received her undgergraduate degree in Latin and English from Mount Holyoke College. She went on to earn an M.A. in Classics from Cambridge University, and an M.A. and PhD in Medieval Studies from Yale University. She taught Latin at Wesleyan University from 1990 to 1993.
At Dancing Horse Farm, her home in Vail, Arizona, she breeds Lipizzan horses. She's the author of more than 20 acclaimed fantasy novels, including The Throne of Isis (1994), Queen of Swords (1997), and White Mare's Daughter (1998), and five volumes in the Avaryan Chronicles, in addition to historical and science fiction novels. The romance novels she produces under the pseudonym Caitlin Brennan for Harlequin feature dancing horses modeled on those that she raises.
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The book focusses on Meredith, a 16 year old American girl who fancies a summer break looking after her white horse (who is hopefully pregnant), turtle watching and hanging out with her friends. However, her mother – recovering from cancer – sends her to Egypt to help Meredith’s aunt in a dig. There she becomes aware of two other people: Meru who lives 4000 years into the future and Meritre who lives 4000 years in the past (as a singer for the female pharoh). All are tied together through a sickness/plague and they have to help Meru save the future from a plague.
I got this Young Adult book through Librarything’s Early Reviewer batch, and opted for it based on the summary. I was pleasantly surprised that a YA fiction book was easy to read and not patronising (something I specifically dislike about YA books).
This book suffered slightly in being the last book of 2012, during a busy Birthday and Christmas period, which meant it became the first finish of 2013 instead. The start was a little shaky, where I feared Meredith was going to be a stroppy teenager (and she was, just a little). However, when the other two characters came in, the telling became much better, and Meru in particular was realised well and a natural expansion of our current reliance on the web. The progression of the story was good, and the dealing with death (all three characters have people close to them who die).
The book ended quite quickly, and leaves the line open for other stories (I would be almost disappointed if Tarr HASN’T written more books in this series - it opens up so many opportunities to continue this world…..
… (mais)
I got this Young Adult book through Librarything’s Early Reviewer batch, and opted for it based on the summary. I was pleasantly surprised that a YA fiction book was easy to read and not patronising (something I specifically dislike about YA books).
This book suffered slightly in being the last book of 2012, during a busy Birthday and Christmas period, which meant it became the first finish of 2013 instead. The start was a little shaky, where I feared Meredith was going to be a stroppy teenager (and she was, just a little). However, when the other two characters came in, the telling became much better, and Meru in particular was realised well and a natural expansion of our current reliance on the web. The progression of the story was good, and the dealing with death (all three characters have people close to them who die).
The book ended quite quickly, and leaves the line open for other stories (I would be almost disappointed if Tarr HASN’T written more books in this series - it opens up so many opportunities to continue this world…..
… (mais)
Personally, I found this to be a most enjoyable book focusing on the power of the Church and Kings in a medieval England still inhabited by the fair elven folk.
I particularly enjoy the characterisation of Richard I, and love the relationship between the King and main character.
I particularly enjoy the characterisation of Richard I, and love the relationship between the King and main character.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 86
- Also by
- 60
- Membros
- 7,298
- Popularidade
- #3,351
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 223
- ISBN
- 221
- Línguas
- 10
- Marcado como favorito
- 25
- Pedras de toque
- 157
I got this Young Adult book through Librarything’s Early Reviewer batch, and opted for it based on the summary. I was pleasantly surprised that a YA fiction book was easy to read and not patronising (something I specifically dislike about YA books).
This book suffered slightly in being the last book of 2012, during a busy Birthday and Christmas period, which meant it became the first finish of 2013 instead. The start was a little shaky, where I feared Meredith was going to be a stroppy teenager (and she was, just a little). However, when the other two characters came in, the telling became much better, and Meru in particular was realised well and a natural expansion of our current reliance on the web. The progression of the story was good, and the dealing with death (all three characters have people close to them who die).
The book ended quite quickly, and leaves the line open for other stories (I would be almost disappointed if Tarr HASN’T written more books in this series - it opens up so many opportunities to continue this world…..
… (mais)