{"product_id":"9781473213357-woods-of-arcady","title":"The Woods of Arcady","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA wild desert crossing, a secret island  paradise, a hidden  underground civilization, plus London and Paris. The  multiverse expands  as pulp adventure mixes with unreal memoir in the  second volume in The  Sanctuary of the White Friars series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn  the 1970s, Michael Moorcock, a writer of genre fiction, attempts to  save his failing marriage by taking his wife and daughters to Paris. One  night in a bar he is amazed to find himself drinking with heroes of  story and history. The next day he awakens aboard a sailing ship,  kidnapped into another reality by a French highwayman and the four  Musketeers, who know Moorcock well from adventures in London's  Alsacia.but that was another Moorcock, from another world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSoon  after they reach Africa, the company are rescued from ambush by Antara,  a poet-adventurer who offers to lead them across the desert and through  several realities to the estate of Lord and Lady Blackstone. The trip  is full of wonders Moorcock has read, dreamed, or written: an  underground civilization of nonhuman creatures; a magical oasis where  the lion lies down with the lamb; a lush garden inhabited by miniature  dinosaurs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThey are pursued by the notorious Jacob  Nixer, who also remembers the Alsacia and is determined to destroy  Moorcock and his companions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Woods of Arcady\u003c\/i\u003e is  punctuated by episodes from the story of the Blackstones and by  spirited, freewheeling appearances by Captain Buggerly Otherly and his  companions from the Second Ether. As readers move deeper into Moorcock's  multiverse, it rises up on all sides, ready to astound and delight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40856311562337,"sku":"9781473213357","price":16.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_14240943_jpg.jpg?v=1721960741","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781473213357-woods-of-arcady","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}