- Gloriana (novel)
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name = Gloriana
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image_caption = Dust-jacket from the first edition
author =Michael Moorcock
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cover_artist = Jill Riches
country =United Kingdom
language = English
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genre =Fantasy novel
publisher = Allison & Busby
release_date = 1978
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media_type = Print (Hardback)
pages = 348 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-85031-237-X
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followed_by ="Gloriana, or The Unfulfill'd Queen" is a novel [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/m/michael-moorcock/gloriana.htm] by award winning British fantasy writer
Michael Moorcock . [http://www.sfsite.com/01b/gl144.htm] It was first published in 1978 and has remained in print, in one edition or another, ever since.It is a 'romance', reimagining the reign of
Queen Elizabeth I in an alternative 'Albion' whose empire encompasses America andAsia . It is based in part on elements ofEdmund Spenser 'sThe Faerie Queene . Montfallcon, Gloriana's Chancellor, vies with the anti hero Captain Quire for influence through a shadowy network of espionage and deceit but Gloriana's position is threatened only when she falls in love.The novel is dedicated to
Mervyn Peake , one of Moorcock's literary heroes and its atmosphere owes something toTitus Groan andGormenghast .References
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accessdate = 2007-12-16
*cite web
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first = Charles N.
authorlink = Charles N. Brown
coauthors = William G. Contento
title = The Locus Index to Science Fiction (1984-1998)
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url = http://www.locusmag.com/index/b342.htm#A4880.100
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