Lavinia
A compulsive, heart-breaking historical romance
$34.58
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
6 May 2025
Summary
She chose love. The price she paid was war.
A stunning combination of history and mythology - ‘an intriguing, luxuriously realised novel’ FINANCIAL TIMES
READERS on LAVINIA:
‘Utterly compelling’ ‘Clever twist’ ‘Super’
‘Like Spartan Helen, I caused a war. She caused hers by letting men who wanted her take her. I caused mine because I wouldn’t be given, wouldn’t be taken, but chose my man and my fate’
Lavinia is the daughter of the King of Latium, a victo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781399624275 |
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| ISBN-10: | 139962427X |
| Author: | Ursula K. Le Guin |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 6 May 2025 |
| Weight: | 238g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 24mm |
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Critics Review
Subtly moving, playful…a novel that brought me to tears more than once. Lavinia is a delightful heroine * GUARDIAN *
The focus on the women’s side of the house…serves to give them rightful prominence within the fabric of a society where men are second in command only to fate…Le Guin [makes] mythology tangible, exciting and a surprising joy to read * SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY *
A superbly researched, beautifully written, profound and moving novel * CATHOLIC HERALD *
Compulsively readable…a winning combination of history and mythology featuring an unlikely heroine imaginatively plucked from literary obscurity * BOOKLIST *
Elegant and eloquent * ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY *
Beautiful and moving…Highly recommended * LIBRARY JOURNAL *
An intriguing, luxuriously realised novel * FINANCIAL TIMES *
a superbly researched, beautifully written, profound and moving novel * CATHOLIC HERALD *
About The Author
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) was a celebrated author whose body of work includes 23 novels, 12 volumes of short stories, 11 volumes of poetry, 13 children’s books, five essay collections, and four works of translation. The breadth and imagination of her work earned her six Nebula Awards, seven Hugo Awards, and SFWA’s Grand Master, along with the PEN/Malamud and many other awards. In 2014 she was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2016 joined the short list of authors to be published in their lifetimes by the Library of America.
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