落日悲歌 (アルスラーン戦記, #3) [The Heroic Legend of Arslan, book 3]

アルスラーン戦記 [Arslan Senki] (Novel) #3

by Yoshiki Tanaka, 天野 喜孝 (Illustrator)

王太子アルスラーンが入城したペシャワール城に、隣国シンドゥラの大軍が来襲した。軍師ナルサスは巧みな計略でシンドゥラの王子ラジェンドラを捕らえるが、アルスラーンに進言したのは、そのラジェンドラとの同盟だった。シンドゥラの内乱に介入するパルス軍の運命は？　中世ペルシア風の異世界を舞台にした壮大なファンタジー第三弾！

Genres: Fantasy, Historical Fiction

253 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1987

About the author

Yoshiki Tanaka (田中 芳樹 Tanaka Yoshiki) is a Japanese novelist. He was born in Kumamoto Prefecture and took his doctorate degree in Japanese Language and Literature in the Graduate School of Gakushūin University in Tokyo.

His major works include the fantasy novel series Arslan Senki, also known as The Heroic Legend of Arslan, and the sci-fi space opera novel series entitled Ginga Eiyū Densetsu, also known as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, both of which were adapted as anime and manga. His fantasy works also include the novel series Sohryuden: Legend of the Dragon Kings that was also adapted as anime.

Tanaka is an avid fan of Chinese history and wrote some novels set in China. He also published two arranged-translations of Chinese literature: "Sui Tang Yanyi" ("Stories of Sui and Tang Dynasties") and "Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan" ("Telling the Complete Biography of Yue Fei") as "Gakuhi-den" ("The Story of Yue Fei"). He is also familiar with Persian history, which Arslan Senki is based on.

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