{"product_id":"9781412168007","title":"The Story of the Glittering Plain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere was once a young man of free kindred and whose name was Hallblithe: he was fair, strong, and not untried in battle.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003e\u003cb\u003eA GENERATION BEFORE J.R.R. TOLKIEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/center\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWilliam Morris invented the modern heroic fantasy, popularized by J.R.R. Tolkien in \u003ci\u003eLord of the Rings\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cp\u003eAlthough he is best known for \u003ci\u003eThe Wood Beyond the World\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Well at World's End\u003c\/i\u003e, this novel is actually his first heroic fantasy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Glittering Plain\u003c\/i\u003e is the flip side of Morris\u0026lt;@146\u0026gt; famous Utopian novel \u003ci\u003eNews from Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e. Icelandic and epic in style and tone, it tells of a hero named Hallblithe and his saga to a place of eternal life in search for lost love. Not only is she not there, though . . . Hallblithe discovers it is an eternal life without meaning . . . and must escape!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere is the sweeping and exciting novel of fantasy and enchantment that started it all!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"eBooksLib","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140967383280,"sku":"9781412168007","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781412168007_p0.jpg?v=1763726879","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781412168007","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}