The Dragon Waiting

Infobox Book
name = The Dragon Waiting


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author = John M. Ford
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genre = fantasy alternate history
publisher = Timescape Books
pub_date = 1983
media_type = Print (hardcover, paperback)
pages = 365 pp
isbn = ISBN 0-671-47552-5
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"The Dragon Waiting: A Masque of History" is a fantasy novel by John M. Ford, published in 1983. It won the 1984 World Fantasy Award.

The novel is a fantasy alternate history combining vampires, the Medicis, and the convoluted English politics surrounding Edward IV and Richard III. The book also fictionalizes the fate of the Princes in the Tower.

In 1995 Ford reported its sales as "40,000 copies in print (six thousand in hardcover) in English, about 10K more in the foreign editions". ^{[http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.frp.misc/msg/d8ec11102cc6ee6c]}

Editions

*1983, Timescape Books, ISBN 0-671-47552-5
*1985, Avon Books, ISBN 0-380-69887-0
*2002, Gollancz (#29 in Fantasy Masterworks line), ISBN 0-575-07378-0

External links

* [http://www.eblong.com/draconc/ Draco Concordans: A Concordance for John M. Ford's "The Dragon Waiting"] by Andrew Plotkin
* [http://www.sfsite.com/09b/dw136.htm Featured review] at SF Site
* [http://www.r3.org/fiction/reviews/ford_dragonwaiting.html Review] at Richard III Society website
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/john-m-ford/dragon-waiting.htm Publication history with cover scans] at Fantastic Fiction
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