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'The Nameless Day is, according to the ancient pagan calendar of Europe, the one day of the year when the world of mankind and the enigmatic world of the spirits touch. Mid-century the forces of evil slide across the divide and invade Europe.'
Source: fantasticfiction.co.uk (Sighted 14/04/10)
'The Nameless Day opens in 1377. Brother Thomas Neville, a Domincan friar, has arrived in Rome to continue his studies at the St Angelo Friary. Aided by the archangel St Michael, Neville discovers that the world has gone mad. Demons from hell have infected human society at its highest levels and threaten to ensalve mankind. Only by discovering the lost casket of Wynkyn de Worde, a friar who had lived at St Angelo's thirty years earlier, can Neville hope to defeat the demons.
As his journey in search of the lost casket takes him through Europe, Neville quickly realises he is surrounded by demons. They taunt him and tempt him at every opportunity. Neville discovers that the casket has been returned to England, his homeland. Before long he finds himself once more in the company of his childhood friends and allies - Hal Bolingbroke, son of the Duke of Lancaster, his uncle, Ralph Neville, Baron Raby, and the mighty Lancaster himself. While these men aid him, Neville becomes convinced that Raby's mistress, the beautiful Margaret Rivers, is a demon whose only purpose is to tempt him away from God's word. The only problem for Neville, is that Margaret is pregnant with his child ...'
Source: Author's website saradouglass.com (Sighted 14/04/10)
Australian Popular Medievalism
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Dedication: In Memory of My Most Devoted Fan, Michael Goodwin. 10th September 1981 - 16th March 1998
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Untitled
2001
single work
review
— Appears in: Aurealis : Australian Fantasy & Science Fiction , no. 27-28 2001; (p. 222-227)
— Review of Inheritance 2000 single work novel ; Exile's Return 1998 single work novel ; Voice of the Demon 1999 single work novel ; Black Eagle Rising 2000 single work novel ; Medalon 2000 single work novel ; Aramaya 1999 single work novel ; The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Back to Earth with Women's Science Fantasy
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Women's Book Review , vol. 12 no. 1 2000;
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel ; Sevenwaters 1999 series - author novel -
Something Odd This Way Happens
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 December 2000; (p. 22)
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Archangels Versus Demons
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 225 2000; (p. 43-44)
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Spirit and Human Worlds Collide
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 11 June 2000; (p. 54)
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel
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Medieval Mix of Mystery and Magic
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 16 September 2000; (p. 8)
— Review of Dreaming Down-Under : Book One 1999 anthology short story ; Mystery, Magic, Voodoo and the Holy Grail 2000 anthology short story ; The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Flight of Fantasy
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 13 May 2000; (p. 19)
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Spirit and Human Worlds Collide
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times Sunday Times , 11 June 2000; (p. 54)
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Archangels Versus Demons
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , October no. 225 2000; (p. 43-44)
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Something Odd This Way Happens
2000
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 December 2000; (p. 22)
— Review of The Nameless Day 2000 single work novel -
Mediaeval Magic
2000
single work
criticism
biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 27 May 2000; (p. 10)
Awards
- 2000 shortlisted Aurealis Awards for Excellence in Australian Speculative Fiction — Fantasy Division — Best Novel
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