The Green Man (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Henry Treece
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—mythological
- Time of Work: The sixth century
- Setting: Northern Europe and Great Britain
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Mythology or myths, Europe or Europeans, England or English people, Revenge, Fratricide, parricide, or filicide, Heroes or heroism, Sixth century
- Locales: Europe, Great Britain
The Plot
This novel is framed by two letters from a man named Gilliberht. In the first letter, Gilliberht, a Christian, writes from France to his Italian patron asking help to go north and convert the northern barbarians. The novel ends with Gilliberht writing as a pagan to that former patron, telling him that the future belongs to the North. Gilliberhts statement tells what actually happened in history. In between, the novel proper tells a “history based on myth.”
King Vendil of Jutland (Denmark) is murdered by his brother Feng while Vendils son Amleth (Hamlet) is...
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