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A Secret History 

A Secret History (1998)
(The first book in the Book of Ash series)
A novel by Mary Gentle

 
Awards
Arthur C. Clarke Award (nominee)
British Science Fiction Association
"She is a writer who knows politics and human nature."
Julian May


There is more than one history of the world


In the mid-fifteenth century there was Burgundy, the jewel of Europe-opulent and powerful, the undisputed center of an uncivilized world.

In an epoch of war and madness there was Ash. A girl born in mud and dung, she slew her first men while only eight. Scarred and ravaged, but still beautiful, she rose up to lead a great mercenary army before the age of twenty--and followed a sacred voice wise in the bloody ways of battle to a pinnacle unattainable to even the most potent of legends.

In a time when empires and alliances shifted like sand--when Mithras the bull was worshipped freely alongside the Christ--a great cloud arose out of Africa to darken the sun. The Visigoths came with their terrible machines-powered by magic or a science unknown to this day--and aimed their irresistible might toward the rich Burgundian prize, wrenching the wheel of civilization in an unknown and unexpected direction. And with their coming, one incomparable warrior raised on Destiny's ash heap became more that anyone thought one woman could ever be.

 
Used availability for Mary Gentle's A Secret History


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Hardback Editions

June 2000 : Hardback
Title: Ash: A Secret History
Author(s):: Mary Gentle
ISBN: 0575069007 / 9780575069008 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gollancz
Availability: Amazon CA   Amazon UK   

July 1998 : Hardback
Title: Ash: A Secret History
Author(s):: Mary Gentle
ISBN: 0575063696 / 9780575063693 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gollancz
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   Amazon CA   

Paperback Editions

February 2001 : Paperback
Title: Ash: A Secret History
Author(s):: Mary Gentle
ISBN: 1857987446 / 9781857987447 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gollancz
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   Amazon CA   

June 2000 : Paperback
Title: Ash: A Secret History
Author(s):: Mary Gentle
ISBN: 0575069015 / 9780575069015 (UK edition)
Publisher: Gollancz
Availability: Amazon UK   Amazon   Amazon CA   

December 1998 : Mass Market Paperback
Title: A Secret History: The Book Of Ash, #1
Author(s):: Mary Gentle
ISBN: 0380788691 / 9780380788699 (USA edition)
Publisher: Eos
Availability: Amazon   Amazon UK   

 


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