

It's a story about lost names and culture and how a group of brave rebels prepared themselves over years to overthrow the tyrants and reclaim their homeland. It tells the tale of a people that lost their identity since their kingdom was conquered by two powerful tyrant Wizards. Tigana is a stand alone fantasy novel which is extremely rare these days. Tigana has lots of fantasy elements but I read that Kay's earlier books gravitate more towards alternate history. It seems like alternate history with fantasy elements in it.


Kay is known for his fantasy fiction that resembles real historic places and even historical events, but transformed into fantasy. It was the first time I read one of his books. Tigana was written by the Canadian author Guy Gavriel Kay in 1990.
