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A fable satirizing Spenser's "The Fairie Queen" and reflecting the real life of Elizabeth I, tells of a woman who ascends to the throne upon the death of her debauched and corrupted father, King Hern. Gloriana's reign brings the Empire of Albion into a Golden Age, but her oppressive responsibilities choke her, prohibiting any form of sexual satisfaction, no matter what fetish she tries. Her problem is in fact symbolic of the hypocrisy of her entire court. While her life is meant to mirror that of her nation - an image of purity, virtue, enlightenment and prosperity - the truth is that her peaceful empire is kept secure by her wicked chancellor Monfallcon and his corrupt network of spies and murderers, the most sinister of whom is Captain Quire, who is commissioned to seduce Gloriana and thus bring down Albion and the entire empire.
- Sales Rank: #2274802 in Books
- Published on: 2004-08-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.99" h x 1.11" w x 5.00" l, 1.18 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 496 pages
- ISBN13: 9780446691406
- Condition: New
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"Moorcock is one of the most exciting discoveries in the contemporary English novel." -- Washington Post Book World
"The intrigues, the lords and maidens ... are woven into a tapestry that is as wonderful as it is funny." -- Newsday
"Vastly entertaining...a labor of love, and a triumphant one." -- William Gibson
"[Moorcock is] the greatest writer of post-Tolkien British fantasy." -- Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
About the Author
SALES POINTS * Part of the Fantasy Masterworks series * 'A great read...fiction writing at its best; a craftsman in full possession of his powers as Moorcock is here is a joy' Maxim Jakubowski, Vector * 'He is a giant. If you are at all interested in fantastic fiction, you must read Michael Moorcock' Tad Williams * 'Vastly entertaining' Science Fiction Review * 'A complex fantasy richly and convincingly textured' Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Locus * 'He casts a heady, enslaving spell' Ruth Rendell * A wonderful and brilliant fantasy set in a superbly realized alternate Elizabethan England.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Turns out she's unfufilled by her kingdom's lack of musical alternatives to madrigals
By Michael Battaglia
I feel bad for the person who unknowingly picks this up thinking that its a more realistic historical novel or (bless their innocent hearts) an actual biography of Queen Elizabeth I. Readers who don't do their research beforehand may be mildly surprised to find out that it doesn't really match any kind of history at all, which is intentional, as its basically an alternate history given a fantastic slant, substituting a new version of Elizabeth (here called "Gloriana") and turning her reign into a far more peaceful version of the British Empire, all based in grand Albion. Dropping in on the cast some years after her father's advisors successfully manipulated her crazy king father into not being king anymore (i.e. by dying, take that "Game of Thrones") and then steering the realm into more prosperous times, things have never been grander as everyone seems to be getting along and in agreement that Gloriana is about the most eligible member of royalty ever to wear a crown. Being that the novel is subtitled, "The Unfulfilled Queen", you might say its fair to assume that the book is Moorcock's study of how the royals dated before websites and tabloids, or its some stealth prequel to "The Princess Diaries".
But the key here is the opening dedication to Mervyn Peake, he of the "Gormenghast" novels (which I recommended heartily) and readers of that fine two thirds of a series will find themselves in familiar territory as Moorcock turns this book into basically a full on cover-band level tribute to Peake, doing his best to capture tone and vibe, with much of the action taking place in the enormous castle that just happens to have warrens in the walls filled with entire colonies of people living out their lives, while a commoner worms his way up the ranks, covertly murdering anyone who gets in his way.
That said, that aspect of the plot doesn't seem to start until decently far into the book, with the earlier sections seemingly more interested in detailing the setting and the lengths that the queen's advisors have to do in order to maintain the peace between the various parts of the Empire and the other empires they have to deal with. From the start it seems that Moorcock is setting up an argument over whether a peace is worth the nefarious deeds required to maintain it, with a bit of focus on her chancellor's main operative Captain Quire, a delightful sociopath with a slice of erotic bisexuality on the side (although sexuality seems to just another arrow in his quiver, so to speak). He's quite happy with his job, until he feels insulted by his employer and then decides to spend the rest of the book getting his revenge. Since he aims high, that revenge takes the form of wanting to seduce the queen and bring the whole peaceful empire down. And given that this is all coming from a writer who's presented us with a mopey albino with a soul sucking sword, there's not really any guarantee that the good guys are going to win here. The sound you hear may be the proverbial medieval chickens coming home to roost.
A number of people don't appear to like the writing style here, which is deliberately designed to evoke the time during which the story takes place, coming across as a bit more florid than modern writing. However, Moorcock doesn't completely abandon modern sensibilities and while some of the descriptions were a bit superfluous at times (probably intentionally so), the book wasn't that much of a chore to read on par with other writers I've read who were bent on ensuring that no one born after 1900 would be able to read the book for any length of time without getting a headache (oh "Worm Ouroboros", how I miss you). In fact, I found it read rather quickly despite the fact that the plot does take its time getting going as Moorcock sort of leisurely gives us a tour of the alternate court and how it works, all the while dropping in inside-baseball references to his overarching multiverse concept (its also not impossible the queen's best friend Una is either the same or another version of the Una from the Jerry Cornelius stories, which made me kind of excited that he was going to show up (he doesn't)). We're introduced to the lonely Gloriana, who clearly is no stranger to men (she has nine kids) and a chunk of the book is her weighing alliances through marriage and trying to balance that with her own sexual fulfillment.
And while the focus on royal style getting some may make you wonder if we're heading toward Alan Moore "Lost Girls" territory, fortunately Quire shows up to shift the plot toward honest to goodness to seduction. After spending a good portion of the book threatening to do something, he catches the queen's eyes and the tone of the book gets slightly more sinister, as the queen's advisors have to figure out how to keep things from falling apart before Quire murders them anyway. To me, as much as Quire's seduction techniques livened the book up, the switch from the more sedate political plotting to the deadly court intrigue with a side of bodice ripping felt like a poor copy of Steerpike's plot from "Gormenghast" and while Quire is many things, he is a hundred percent not Steerpike, as people seem to know his game fairly quickly (even if they can't do anything about it) and he lacks the charisma of Peake's character, doing things pretty much with a detached "because I can" attitude that comes from being a committed sociopath. His motivations are half pride and half curiosity, which a heck of a mix but not about to make him a world class villain.
Moorcock does manage to keep this all moving, upping the body count every so often to keep our attention and making us guess exactly how far Quire will make everyone descend into his sexual playland (even if the whole thing seems to happen very quickly). Considering the limited setting he gets a lot of mileage out of it and while its far from the most Gothic castle literature has ever seen, the warrens under the castle and in the wall have a definite atmosphere. What kept my interest was seeing how he played with the notions of history, tweaking past events here and there so he could extrapolate them into this book, giving us a world that exists past its own edges. Its something it shares with George Martin's currently popular series, although Moorcock isn't striving for Martin's brutal realism and take-no-prisoners style of plotting. Moorcock is more constructing a fable of how things could have and why it wouldn't have lasted anyone.
Still, just like the fantasy series dominating cable television, some of the sexual politics may give some readers pause, as the climax of the book turns on a rape that leads to a somewhat unexpected result. Given how dark and topsy-turvy the book has been prior to this, you can read it as just another sign of history gone awry, although I can see where people would have problems with it as even on a metaphorical level its a bit unsettling. Moorcock must have heard the critics because he later wrote a revised ending (my book has both, although the original ending is presented as the actual ending, with the revision as a bonus) that softens the final act a bit, although the end result still doesn't much more sense unless you assume that Moorcock has a pretty dark sense of humor. As such, the book as a whole finds itself a little bit wanting, giving us a fantastic setting but racing through the plot almost because it has to. Its probably miracle enough that Moorcock was able to do this in a single volume but I'm either not enough of a student of British history to get the satirical nuances or I like "Gormenghast" way too much to let that affection transfer to an utterly sincere tribute. Despite the heaps of imagination on hand, and Moorcock's usual wit, this one might be more for people who are already fans and may be more willing to follow him down paths like this. I liked this, but I also don't feel any desire to visit this setting ever again.
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Probably Best for Existing Moorcock Fans
By susankaye
This had the most boring opening I have ever come across in a novel: numerous lists! If I had not read Moorcock before, I would have stopped then, so it's not suggested for a first timer. After that: it's meaty, not a quick, easy read. I found the plotting wonderful (especially at the point when each person felt neurotically guilty for something that had happened) except toward the end when I thought Montfallcon would have known better than to think & act as he did. The ending? Well, it HAD to end something like that & the alternative given in this copy (without the rape) was just stupid. So, not a waste of time but also not the best hours I ever spent.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Brilliant and beautiful, tragic and tremendous
By Constant Reader
Moorcock's homage to Peake is not an imitation, like so many of those Tolkien clones. It is a brilliant and gorgeous story which Moorcock insists is an allegory not a fantasy. Much happens at Gloriana's court, the center of a magnificent Empire which includes 'Virginia' (America) but don't expect magic. This is essentially a bizarre love story, plus a study of what empires need to maintain the myth of their moral superiority over their subjects and as such it has quite a lot to say about our current political condition. But first and foremost this is an imaginative tour-de-force. If you're a Moorcock fan, this is a book to give to the unconverted. It's not S&S and it isn't a realistic novel, but, like the world of Spenser's Faerie Queene, it is a story full of scintillating writing and glowing
descriptions. This is in the finest tradition of non-Tolkien British fantasy of which Moorcock is the unchallenged master.
This particular edition, with its afterword by Moorcock, as well as lyrics for some of his music for the book (rumored to be released some time next year by Moorcock's record company) which remind you that among his many other talents, Moorcock is a capable musician song-writer and poet. This is the best edition yet published and I recommend it highly. I now have three copies on my shelves, each of which is slightly different! Grab one while you can. As long as you're not expecting swords and sorcery, you won't be disappointed!
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