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The Bell at Sealey Head
Written by Patricia A. McKillip
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Average Score:
83(3)
Brand new from the World Fantasy Award-winning author of Solstice Wood.
Sealey Head is a small town on the edge of the ocean, a sleepy place where everyone hears the ringing of a bell no one can see. On the outskirts of town is an impressive estate, Aislinn House, where the aged Lady Eglantyne lies dying, and where the doors sometimes open not to its own dusty rooms, but to the wild majesty of a castle full of knights and princesses…
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Book Details
Fantasy
Hardcover,
288 Pages
Published
by Ace Hardcover on September 02, 2008
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Reviews
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Fantasy Literature
| Rebecca Fisher
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Review Rating: 90
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The characters are vivid, the situation is fascinating, the language is beautiful (even if the word "spindrift" pops up too many times) and the themes and symbolism is fascinating.
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SFRevu
| Carolyn Frank
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Review Rating: 80
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For anyone who craves stories, who is enchanted by enchantments, who delights in an old-fashioned romance, this is a fantasy written by a master for enjoyment by all.
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Strange Horizons
| Hannah Strom-Martin
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Review Rating: 80
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Once charmed by the winsome characters (Ysabo, Ridley, and Judd are particularly fine) and the author's typically gorgeous prose, you'll find that Sealey Head casts a spell from which you won't soon want to escape.
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