The Book Depository Votan and Other Novels by John James
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Description: Votan and Other Novels : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9780575105508 : 057510550X : 12 Aug 2014 : Three classic novels of modern fantasy, with a new introduction by Neil Gaiman.
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Product ID: 9780575105508
MPN: 057510550X
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Author: John Dark
Rating: 5
Review: Such wonderful stories! Votan is enthralling, humorous, exciting and flirts with real mysticism. All these elements swirl round each other and coalesce in the person of Photinus, the son of a Greek merchant magnate in the late Roman empire. Photinus is young, brash, cunning and clever. He manages to get himself in trouble by fooling around with other men's wives, so slips over the border into the troubled lands of the barbaric German tribes. Beautifully written, every character feels real and the world of early barbarism is realised in every detail. The second novel, All the Gold in Ireland, takes Photinus on a longer journey, through the lands of the Celts. Adventures in Roman Britain lead to Ireland, Pirates and beautiful women who may or may not be goddesses. Just wonderful, twists and turns and mad characters who you will believe fit perfectly into the tribes of the ancient world.
Author: Brian Van Norman
Rating: 3
Review: Though it reads like historical fiction (which I love) it is deemed a fantasy, though much of the fantastical seems totally believable in this novel. There are other novels in the same package on Kindle, but I haven't read them yet. They seem much the same as Votan.
