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The Magic Ring.


The Magic Ring

Baron De La Motte La Motte is the name of several places: France
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 Fouque, author; Robert Pearse Gillies, translator; Amy H. Sturgis Amy H. Sturgis is an author, speaker, and scholar of Native American Studies and Science Fiction/Fantasy Studies. She earned her Ph.D. in Intellectual History from Vanderbilt University. , editor

Valancourt Books

PO Box 220511, Chicago, IL 60622

0977784126 $18.95 www.valancourtbooks.com 1-773-606-1215

Preceding The Lord of the Rings by nearly a century, The Magic Ring is a work of fantasy that has truly endured the test of time. Written by Baron De La Motte Fouque in the 1800's, The Magic Ring is set in the twelfth century, when Richard the Lionheart Lionheart can refer to:

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 embarked on the Third Crusade. A young squire and his cousin have their destinies transformed forever when they observe a knightly contest for possession of the Magic Ring. Their travels will lead them from Moorish Spain to the birthplace birth·place  
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 of Norse myth, and battle amid changing allies and enemies, in an epic quest surrounding a ring of unimaginable power. This edition of The Magic Ring includes the unabridged original text of the first English version, the 1825 translation from the original German by Robert Pearse Gillies, and a new introduction as well as a glossary A term used by Microsoft Word and adopted by other word processors for the list of shorthand, keyboard macros created by a particular user. See glossaries in this publication and The Computer Glossary.  of literary influences and references. A must-have for readers of classic fantasy.
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