The Curse of Chalion

The Curse of Chalion Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Publisher: Harper Collins

But it is more than the traitorous intrigues of villains that threaten Cazaril and the Royesse Iselle here, for a sinister curse hangs like a sword over the entire blighted House of Chalion.

The Curse of Chalion

The Curse of Chalion Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Publisher:

But it is more than the traitorous intrigues of villains that threaten Cazaril and the Royesse Iselle here, for a sinister curse hangs like a sword over the entire blighted House of Chalion.

Biology and Manners

Biology and Manners Author: Regina Yung Lee
Publisher:

... The Curse of Chalion, has a body in pain. The novel mirrors academic and advocacy agendas on the topics of passing, sexuality, and care, while ultimately relating to emerging perspectives from queer disability ... The Curse of Chalion.

The Shape of Fantasy

The Shape of Fantasy Author: Charul Palmer-Patel
Publisher: Routledge

... The Curse of Chalion (2001) as a case study. While other Heroic Epic Fantasy authors also briefly describe the shape of the hero as a vessel, this conception of shape is an essential theme in The Curse of Chalion and I have selected it ...

Jane Eyre's Sisters

Jane Eyre's Sisters Author: Jody Gentian Bower
Publisher: Quest Books

... Curse of Chalion and Paladin of Souls, marries into the royal family without knowing that the marriage will bring her under a curse laid upon the entire family. Ista is touched by the gods with the ability to see the curse as a shadow ...

Lois McMaster Bujold

Lois McMaster Bujold Author: Edward James
Publisher: University of Illinois Press

... The Curse of Chalion, dy Lutez, the lover of Ista's roya, had actually sacrificed himself in an attempt to lift the curse; as far as the world knew, he was disgraced because he had fallen in love with the royina Ista. There are ...

Lois McMaster Bujold

Lois McMaster Bujold Author: Janet Brennan Croft
Publisher: McFarland

... Chalion in the image of the other members of the royal family of Castile and Leon; for example, as she noted in an interview for the New Zealand Press Association, “the idea for the character of Teidez in The Curse of Chalion came from ...

Nebula Awards Showcase 2006

Nebula Awards Showcase 2006 Author: Gardner Dozois
Publisher: Penguin

... Chalion , the heroine of Paladin of Souls , started out as a minor ( if pivotal ) character in The Curse of Chalion , my first book in this fantasy world . She had enormous gravita- tional pull - every scene she appeared in seemed to ...

Exploring Imaginary Worlds

Exploring Imaginary Worlds Author: Mark J.P. Wolf
Publisher: Routledge

... The Curse of Chalion (2001) and Paladin of Souls (2003) clearly have their parallels in 15th-century Spain: Ferdinand and Isabella become Bergon of Ibra (Aragon) and Iselle of Chalion (Castile). The counterpart to Juan's favorite Alvaro ...

The Hallowed Hunt

The Hallowed Hunt Author: Lois McMaster Bujold
Publisher: Harper Collins

... THE CURSE OF CHALION LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD PALADIN OF SOULS " A TRIUMPH ... I COULDN'T TURN THE PAGES FAST ENOUGH . " Diana Wynne Jones ISBN - 10 : 0-06-057474-7 ISBN - 13 : 978-0-06-057474-1 50799 EAN HUGO AWARD NOMINEE " FRESH ...