Part of Series
First part of "A Heroine Of The World" - Second part: Thenser Première partie de "A Heroine Of The World" - Deuxième partie: Thenser Dans un pays en guerre, une cité assiégée, la presque-enfant nommée Aradia apprend à faire face, et à survivre. À saisir au vol les étranges cadeaux du destin, et à en payer le prix. Pour une chance de vie gagnée pour un étranger dont elle ne peut oublier le visage, elle connaîtra l'exil, la solitude, le rejet. Projetée par d'étranges hasards au cœur des batailles et des conflits dans un monde voué à se défaire, elle se verra parente encombrante, servante, protégée innocente, maîtresse méprisée, châtelaine en bute à des faisceaux de convoitises... Mais toujours elle restera celle que les Cartes de l'Oracle ont désignée comme "l'Héroïne du Monde", l'élue de la déesse Vulmardra. Prête à parcourir le monde, l'abandonner et le vendre, pour celui qui, tour à tour traître, héros, ou libérateur, n'a jamais cessé de hanter sa mémoire. Tanith Lee, consacrée par la critique internationale "Princesse Royale de la Fantasy" signe ici une fois de plus un roman unique en son genre, à la fois historique et intimiste, sombre et éclatant, comme seule la magicienne du Dit de la Terre Plate sait les orchestrer.
Author
Tanith Lee was a British writer of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. She was the author of 77 novels, 14 collections, and almost 300 short stories. She also wrote four radio plays broadcast by the BBC and two scripts for the UK, science fiction, cult television series "Blake's 7." Before becoming a full time writer, Lee worked as a file clerk, an assistant librarian, a shop assistant, and a waitress. Her first short story, "Eustace," was published in 1968, and her first novel (for children) The Dragon Hoard was published in 1971. Her career took off in 1975 with the acceptance by Daw Books USA of her adult fantasy epic The Birthgrave for publication as a mass-market paperback, and Lee has since maintained a prolific output in popular genre writing. Lee twice won the World Fantasy Award: once in 1983 for best short fiction for “The Gorgon” and again in 1984 for best short fiction for “Elle Est Trois (La Mort).” She has been a Guest of Honour at numerous science fiction and fantasy conventions including the Boskone XVIII in Boston, USA in 1981, the 1984 World Fantasy Convention in Ottawa, Canada, and Orbital 2008 the British National Science Fiction convention (Eastercon) held in London, England in March 2008. In 2009 she was awarded the prestigious title of Grand Master of Horror. Lee was the daughter of two ballroom dancers, Bernard and Hylda Lee. Despite a persistent rumour, she was not the daughter of the actor Bernard Lee who played "M" in the James Bond series of films of the 1960s. Tanith Lee married author and artist John Kaiine in 1992.
