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The Malacia Tapestry is a fantasy-historical novel by British writer Brian Aldiss, published in 1976. The story takes place in a fictional port city called Malacia, which is an alternate history version of a Renaissance city-state.
Jan 1, 1976 · Brian W. Aldiss. 3.37. 394 ratings49 reviews. In a grand medieval city where all change has been outlawed, a roguish young actor tempts fate and dinosaurs, all in the name of love. By law, nothing can change in Malacia—a teeming, eternal city of dukes, players, wizards, merchants, beggars, ape-men, lizard-boys, and courtesans—but that is of ...
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May 19, 2015 · The Malacia Tapestry follows the exploits of Perian de Chirolo, an actor in the city of Malacia as he looks for work, seduces women, falls in love and becomes embroiled in intrigue. Malacia is a combination 16th century Vienna, and Florence, in an alternate world where dinosaurs, known as ancestral animals still roam.
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Jan 1, 1990 · 4.0 24 ratings. See all formats and editions. Kindle. $7.99 Read with our Free App. Paperback. $1.99 11 Used from $1.99. As festering violence threatens to explode in the opulent and magical city of Malachia, Renaissance man Perian de Chirolo finds himself at the center of the maelstrom. Print length. 402 pages. Language. English. Publisher.
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A picaresque novel which attempts to capture something of the mysterious world of G. B. Tiepolo’s etchings. The down-at-heel actor, de Chirolo, sees everything in the embalmed city state of Malacia as art or artifice, until reality catches up with him. FIRST EDITION: Jonathan Cape, 1976. Buy from Amazon now:
May 19, 2015 · Brian W. Aldiss. Open Road Media, May 19, 2015 - Fiction - 294 pages. In a grand medieval city where all change has been outlawed, a roguish young actor tempts fate and dinosaurs, all in the name...
Here, Brian W. Aldiss weaves together a compelling tapestry of wonder and lust, of mythic beasts and soul-shattering surprise, as Perian accepts a harrowing mission that will sweep him toward his...
