mary gentle

Ilario: The Lion’s Eye Mary Gentle Eos, Jul 2007, $14.95 ISBN: 0060821833 In the fifteenth century Ilario was born a hermaphrodite and his mother Rosamunda wanted nothing to do with this abomination so Ilario became a side show freak for King Rodrigo of Iberia. When he-she is finally freed from...

Ilario: The Stone Golem Mary Gentle Eos, Sep 2007, $14.95 ISBN: 9780061344985 Spanish King Rodrigo freed Ilario, the hermaphroditic freak, whose male and female sexual organs work, was abandoned by his mother at birth (see ILARIO: THE LION’S EYE). However, all is not idyllic for the mixed...

In the year 2000, an academic named Pierce Ratcliff is putting together a fresh history of Ash, a 15th Century female mercenary captain whom mainstream history has largely ignored, but whose exploits have been of interest to a small number of historians. In preparing this new history, Radcliffe...

I've had a comic fantasy of hers on my shelf for ages now,'Grunts',but does she also write SF?

I read a lot. A. LOT. I'm capable of doing a book a day if my mum has the kids, and I'm not hungry :D , and I've read many books which provke different responses; joy, sadness, fear, confusion, love... all the usual emotions. It wasn't until I read Ash; a secret history that I felt I'd read a...

Has anybody read this? I can't find anyone I know who has and would be interested to hear what other people made of it. Ta muchly xx

Grunts!: A fantasy with attitude by Mary Gentle (1992) Note: Polymorphikos liked this book a great deal more than I did, and will hopefully respond to this review with dissenting views. As with all my reviews, here be severe spoilers. It was, as promised, an iconoclastic romp through...

Has anyone read 'A Secret History' by Mary Gentle? I've heard mixed reviews but on the surface it sounds like something I'd like. It's about a girl who becomes a mercenary in 15th century Europe. It has fantasy/alternate history/science fiction and a bunch of other stuff mixed in. I found...