Gerfalcon (novel)
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| Author | Leslie Barringer |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | Neustrian Cycle |
| Genre(s) | Historical Fantasy novel |
| Publisher | William Heinemann Ltd |
| Publication date | 1927 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback) |
| Pages | 315 pp |
| Preceded by | none |
| Followed by | Joris of the Rock (1928) |
Gerfalcon is a fantasy novel by Leslie Barringer, the first book in his three volume Neustrian Cycle. It is set around the fourteenth century in an alternate medieval France called Neustria (historically an early division of the Frankish kingdom). The book was first published by Heinemann in 1927.
Its significance was recognized by its republication by the Newcastle Publishing Company as the seventh volume of the celebrated Newcastle Forgotten Fantasy Library series in March, 1976.
Chapter headings of the 1927 edition:
- Shadows at Sanctbastre.
- Tourney at Belsaunt.
- The moors of Nordenay.
- The Singing Stones of Hastain.
- The hold above Alanol.
- Face Campscapel face death.
- The forest of Honoy.
- Parley at Montenair.
- Assay towards Saulte.
- Street of Anvils.
- A viscount comes home.
- Raoul's day.
- The marshes of Marckmont.
- The crags of Ger.
