The Legend of Croquemitaine: (Annotated)

Ernest L'Epine

Sep 2013 · Bardic Voices Book 1 · Baen Publishing Enterprises

About this ebook

Includes over 170 original illustrations by Gustave DoreNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller
Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Ernest L'Epine weaves an epic, satirical fantasy around the exploits of Emperor Charlemagne and his knights in their war against the Saracens. Most especially it is about the fearless warrior maiden, Mitaine, who becomes the page of the famed Roland after she conquers the incredible Fortress of Fear.

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About the author

Mercedes Lackey, author of the bestselling Heralds of Valdemar and Bardic Voices series, began life as a child and has been attempting to rectify that error ever since. Named for actress Mercedes McCambridge, she has been trying with no success to get the Benz automobile authorities to recognize the natural link between her name and theirs, and offer her the use of an M100 or some variety of high-end sports car for gratis. This, too, has had a distinct lack of success. Other than writing she can be found at various times prying the talons of the birds of prey she is attempting to nurse back to health out of her hands, endangering her vision by creating various forms of Art Beadwork, and cross-stitching dragons, gryphons, and other semi-mythological fauna. At the moment, her hair is red, her favorite color is green, and she is covered by various members of her flock of pet parrots, cockatoos and macaws, all of which are trying to help her type8shgalal-akejbejks9ife.