Series
Down the Long Wind
Gillian Bradshaw · 3 novels · 1980–1982
Gillian Bradshaw's Down the Long Wind trilogy retells the Arthurian legend from the perspective of Gwalchmai (Gawain), opening with Hawk of May and following him from a troubled, magic-touched childhood into Arthur's court and its wars. Kingdom of Summer and In Winter's Shadow carry the story through the reign's high point and into the betrayals that end it. Bradshaw favors a grounded, post-Roman Britain over the more overtly magical versions of the legend.
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Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
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By decade
- 1980s3
Shape
Mood
Grim and intense: 33% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book3 of 3 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- In Winter's Shadowdarkest · calmest
- Kingdom of Summerbrightest · most intense