Peregrine: Primus/Peregrine: Secundus (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Avram Davidson
- First Published: 1971
- Type of Work: Novels
- Type of Plot: Fantasy—magical world
- Time of Work: Approximately the sixth century
- Setting: Eastern Europe, within the boundaries of the Roman Empire
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Magic or magicians, Exile or expatriates, Other worlds, Inheritance or succession, Illegitimacy, Eastern Europe or eastern Europeans, Sixth century, Rome, Princes or princesses
- Locales: Europe, Rome, ancient
The Plot
The plot structure of these two novels is highly episodic. Peregrine is the third illegitimate son of the King of Sapodilla. Like all illegitimate royal offspring, he is exiled as a means of preventing dynastic strife. He is sent away to seek his fortune in the company of a sorcerer, Appledore, and a highly intelligent servant lad, Claud. Claud pretends to be feebleminded as a means of avoiding work.
The three find themselves in the world of the late Roman Empire, beset by Christian sects of all kinds, Imperial armies, and barbarian hordes. At the end of...
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