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| Author | Michael Moorcock |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Science fantasy |
| Publisher | Grafton Press |
Publication date | 1986 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 344 pp |
| ISBN | 0-246-12843-7 |
| OCLC | 16351520 |
| 823/.914 19 | |
| LC Class | PR6063.O59 C58 1986 |
The City in the Autumn Stars: Being a Continuation of the Story of the Von Bek Family and Its Association With Lucifer, Prince of Darkness is a science fantasy novel by British author Michael Moorcock. The second book in the Von Bek trilogy, it was published by Grafton in 1986.[1] The story centres on the characters of Manfred von Bek, a descendant of Ulrich von Bek, who is also the protagonist of the previous book in the series (The War Hound and the World's Pain) and Libussa Cartagena y Mendoza-Chilperic, the Duchess of Crete, along with their journey to the mystical Mittelmarch, and their search for the Holy Grail.
The book was written in tandem with The Laughter of Carthage, part of the Colonel Pyat tetralogy, with one novel being written during the day, and the other at night.[2]
The fiction preface of the novel, written by The Publishers, explains that the text of the book had originally been published anonymously around 1840 in Heidelberg, its authorship later being traced to Manfred von Bek, and that this "somewhat modernised version of Manfred von Bek's Confession" was adapted from an English edition published in London by D. Omer Smith of St. Paul's Churchyard, in 1856.[3]
- ^ Ian Davey. "Michael Moorcock Bibliography: The City in the Autumn Stars". Retrieved 18 April 2006.
- ^ "The Terminal Cafe: Von Bek". Retrieved 18 May 2006.
- ^ The City in the Autumn Stars, Preface.