Madouc-Jack Vance novel, book review
Madouc-Jack Vance novel AKA: Lyonesse 3 Madouc was first published in 1989 as a hardcover fantasy novel. It is currently in print in a trade paperback edition published by Spatterlight Press. My out of print paperback edition has 535 pages of text. Madouc is the third novel in a Vance trilogy called Lyonesse and is also referred to as Lyonesse III. This is the second time I've read it in recent years, and I rated it a 5 both times. Lyonesse: Madouc won the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1990. It is pure fantasy rather than science fiction. I consider it a masterpiece and one of the most engaging and interesting fantasy novels ever written. I found all three Lyonesse novels to be witty, imaginative, creative and captivating and very highly recommended them. The setting is on Earth in the Elder Isles, a string of islands that run from near northern France extending up toward Ireland. The Elder Isles are div...