The Armed Garden And Other Stories
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- David B. gives full rein to his fascination with history, magic, and gods, not to mention grand battles, in this literate, witty, and absorbing collection of short comics — all based on historical fact, or at least historical legend. In The Armed Garden and Other Stories, a lowly Persian fabric dyer becomes a prophet and great leader — and within a year his followers have defeated seven armies sent to stop him! Adam and Eve visit a humble Prague blacksmith, and his (and his followers’) search for Paradise soon leads to bloodshed. In “The Drum Who Fell in Love,” a sequel of sorts, the blacksmith’s opposition, John Zizka, has been skinned by his people and his skin stripped onto a drum, and the drum, speaking in his voice, leads his people into battle, anew. But the touch of a beautiful girl softens Zizka’s spirit, and the unlikely couple journey together...
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