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Thread #123654   Message #2726929
Posted By: GUEST,Edthefolkie
19-Sep-09 - 06:44 PM
Thread Name: Magical Ballads and Fantasy Fiction
Subject: RE: Magical Ballads and Fantasy Fiction
I believe "Pavane" by Keith Roberts has the the first verse of the Lyke Wake Dirge as an introduction...

This ae neet, this ae neet
Any neet and all
Fire and fleet and candle leet
And Christ receive thy soul

It's a magnificent book - alternate history in spades. Roberts was a bit of a b*gger but couldn't half write, especially in his early stuff. Somebody called him the Kipling of science fiction.

A lot of Roberts' stories and novels went out of print after his death but quite a few, such as "The Inner Wheel" are available from print on demand specialists - check Amazon or Google.