The Tower of Fools

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The Tower of Fools (Polish original title: Narrenturm) is the first historical fantasy novel in the Hussite Trilogy written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in 2002 in Polish and in English in 2020. It is followed by Warriors of God (Boży bojownicy) and Light Perpetual (Lux perpetua). It tells the story of Reinmar of Bielawa, also called Reynevan von Bielau. The action takes place in Silesia in 1425, at the time of the Hussite Wars. The setting is mostly historical, with some historical characters and descriptions of particular locations. Fantasy elements include occasional magical feats, artifacts, and non-human characters. The German word Narrenturm means "the Tower of Fools", it is the name of the oldest building for the accommodation of psychiatric patients in continental Europe, built in Vienna in 1784. The Tower of Fools has been translated to Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Finnish, French, Spanish, Croatian, European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Rights to the English translation of the trilogy have been acquired, and it has been published in 2020 by Orbit in the US, and Gollancz in the UK, with the translator being David French, translator of several Sapkowski's Witcher books.

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Detalhes

Tipo

Livro

Lançamento

1 de janeiro de 2002

Gêneros

historical fantasy

Criado por

Andrzej Sapkowski

Países

Poland