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| Author | Andrzej Sapkowski |
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| Audio read by | Peter Kenny (English)[1] |
| Original title | Narrenturm |
| Translator | David French |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Series | Hussite Trilogy |
| Genre | Historical fantasy |
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| Pages | 432 (UK) |
| ISBN | 978-1-4732-2612-8 |
| Followed by | Warriors of God |
The Tower of Fools (Polish original title: Narrenturm) is the first historical fantasy novel in the Hussite Trilogy written by Polish fantasy writer Andrzej Sapkowski, first published in 2002 in Polish and in English in 2020. It is followed by Warriors of God (Boży bojownicy) and Lux perpetua.
It tells the story of Reinmar of Bielawa, also called Reynevan von Bielau. The action takes place in Silesia in 1425, at the time of the Hussite Wars.
The setting is mostly historical, with some historical characters and descriptions of particular locations. Fantasy elements include occasional magical feats, artifacts, and non-human characters. The German word Narrenturm means "the Tower of Fools", a tower in which, in the Middle Ages, people suffering from rare mental diseases were isolated.
The Tower of Fools has been translated to Lithuanian, Czech, Slovak, Russian, Serbian, German, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Hungarian, Finnish, French, Spanish, European Portuguese and Brazilian Portuguese. Rights to the English translation of the trilogy have been acquired, and it has been published in 2020 by Orbit in the US, and Gollancz in the UK, with the translator being David French, translator of several Sapkowski's Witcher books.[2]
- ^ Maria Langella-Sorgie (January 2021). "THE TOWER OF FOOLS by Andrzej Sapkowski David French Trans Read by Peter Kenny | Audiobook Review". AudioFile Magazine.
- ^ Team, The Orbit (2018-10-11). "A brand new fantasy trilogy by Andrzej Sapkowski, New York Times bestselling author of the Witcher novels!". Orbit Books. Retrieved 2019-12-27.