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Jin Yong
Legends of the
Condor Heroes I
A Hero Born
Translated from the Chinese by
Anna Holmwood
Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introduction
Characters
Prologue
Chapter One
Suddenly a Snow Storm
Chapter Two
The Seven Freaks of the South
Chapter Three
Swirling Sands
Chapter Four
A Dark Wind Blows
Chapter Five
Draw the Bow, Shoot the Condor
Chapter Six
Combat at the Cliff
Chapter Seven
For the Maiden
Chapter Eight
Every Man a Mythical Skill
Chapter Nine
Spear Splits Plough
Appendices
About the Author
First published in the Chinese language as
Shediao Yingxiong Zhuan
(1) in 1959; revised in 1976, 2003
First published in Great Britain in 2018 by
MacLehose Press
An imprint of Quercus Editions Ltd
Carmelite House
50 Victoria Embankment
London EC4Y 0DZ
An Hachette UK company
Copyright © Jin Yong (Louis Cha) 1959, 1976, 2003
English translation copyright © 2018 by Anna Holmwood
Illustrations © Jiang Yun Xing (
)
The moral right of Jin Yong (Louis Cha) to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.
Anna Holmwood asserts her moral right to be identified as the translator of the work.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.
A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
EBOOK ISBN 978 1 84866 791 4
This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places and events are either the product of the author’s imagination or used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.
www.quercusbooks.co.uk
Introduction
DEAR READER,
It begins with a storyteller, with news from the north, a tale of crushing defeat and humiliation, a great Chinese Empire in tatters and fleeing south.
It begins with a court corrupt to the core, willing to sacrifice the Chinese people to the invading Jurchen tribes for the chance of gold and escape.
It begins with two patriots, two farmers self-taught in the martial arts, and one Taoist determined to avenge their deaths.
It begins with two sons, still in their mothers’ bellies when their fathers are slain, divided and taken into enemy hands, brought up far away from their Chinese motherland.
This is the start of an exp ............

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