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魔法の素質は本物でも、女の子ゆえに魔術の道に進ませてもらえず悩む、年ごろのフィアメッタ。父親は大魔術師にして公爵に仕える金細工師。だがその父はいまや息絶え、その強力な霊は邪悪な者のもつ“死霊の指輪”に囚われようとしていた！ 黒魔術から父を守るため、炎の乙女が立ち上がる。時代はルネサンス、恋と冒険のファンタジイ。
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魔法の素質は本物でも、女の子ゆえに魔術の道に進ませてもらえず、かといって持参金不足で結婚もできずに悩む、年頃フィアメッタ。父親は大魔術師にして公爵に仕える金細工師。だがその父はいまや息絶え、その強力な霊は邪悪な者のもつ“死霊の指輪”に囚われようとしていた!黒魔術から父を守るために、炎の乙女が立ち上がる。時代はルネサンス、恋と冒険の歴史ファンタジイ。
From Publishers Weekly
Hugo and Nebula winner Bujold (the Miles Vorkosigan series; Barrayar ) makes her hardcover debut with this enthralling dark fantasy set in Renaissance Italy, where the church regulates magic and licenses magicians. After Uberto Ferrante assassinates the Duke of Montefoglia and takes over the duchy, master goldsmith and sorcerer Prospero Beneforte flees with his 16-year-old daughter, Fiametta. But he dies of a heart attack while being pursued by Ferrante's men for his magical powers and knowledge. His unshriven body is taken back to Ferrante to be used in making a spirit ring granting the usurper the strong powers of black magic. Fiametta, talented in magic and metalwork but untrained because she is female, joins with Thur Ochs, a young Swiss with untapped skills in necromancy, to rescue the souls of her father and of Ochs's brother, a mercenary soldier. Aided by a wise churchman, the two youngsters take on the ancient evil of sorcery used for devilish ends. In a perfectly natural manner, Bujold incorporates the concept of magic into this crisply paced, fully developed tale. She notes that Benvenuto Cellini served as the inspiration for the hugely talented, hugely egocentric Beneforte.
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Fiametta Beneforte dreamed of making beautiful and enchanted objets d'art, but alas her magician-goldsmith father was more likely to have her scrub the kiln than study magic. After all, it was a waste to train a mere daughter beyond the needs of the moment.
Thur Ochs dreamed of escaping the icy mines of Bruinwald. But the letter from his brother Uri arranging his apprenticeship to Master Beneforte was not the only force that drew him over the mountains to the Duchy of Montefoglia...
A betrayal at a banquet plunges Thur and Fiametta into a struggle against men who would use vile magic for vile ends. Needs of this desperate moment will require all their wits, all their talents, and all their courage, if they are to rescue both Montefoglia and the souls of those they most love.
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梶元 靖子
東京女子大学文理学部心理学科卒、翻訳家。主な訳書に、キム・ニューマン「ドラキュラ紀行」「ドラキュラ戦記」、コリン・ウィルソン「サイキック」「来世体験」、メリッサ・スコット「遥かなる賭け」「地球航路」他(本データはこの書籍が刊行された当時に掲載されていたものです)
