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Isle of Woman

  • 1920 first published
  • 448 pages
  • 8 editions

Piers Anthony's Isle of Woman (1920) is a historical fantasy and epic fantasy novel. It deals with Prehistoric Man and prehistoric peoples.

13 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 8 editions.

It runs to roughly 448 pages — 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

Opening line

“The earliest clear evidence of our kind's upright stance was found in the hardened ash of a volcano in east Africa dating a bit over three and a half million years ago.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Prehistoric Man
  • Prehistoric peoples
  • Epic fantasy
  • Historical fantasy

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Isle of Woman?

Isle of Woman was written by Piers Anthony and first published in 1920.

What genre is Isle of Woman?

It is usually shelved as Historical Fantasy, Epic Fantasy and Classic Fantasy.

How long is Isle of Woman?

The median edition has 448 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Isle of Woman?

Readers who like it often enjoy Jurgen, The Well at the World's End and The house of the Wolfings.

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