Flint and Mirror

11 hrs. 10 min.

Language Russian

Author Crowley John

Narrator Rostislav Partsevsky

Description

John Crowley’s new novel, a multi-award winner and the author of the cult work “Little, Big, or The Fairy Parliament,” hailed as one of the most magical in literature, is a masterful blend of history and magic.

While the ancient clans of Ireland protected their lands and traditions, the English queen and her commanders sought to conquer and subjugate the green expanses of Ireland.

Hugh O’Neil, Lord of the North and Earl of Tyrone by the will of Elizabeth I, finds himself caught between two opposing forces: the queen communicates with him through an obsidian mirror from which he cannot rid himself, while the ancient Irish peoples rise from their secret places to make him their defender, granting him a piece of flint as a pledge of oath.

The story intertwines with reality so tightly that sometimes it seems there is, in fact, no invention at all. Are we looking at an epic historical novel with elements of fantasy, or a fantasy tale based on historical facts? If Neil Gaiman and Hilary Mantel joined forces, they could have created something like “Flint and the Mirror.”