There was once, long ago, a foolish king who decreed that women should not, and would not, inherit. Thus when a girl-child was born to Lord CadorMerlin-enchanted fighter of dragons and Earl of Cornwallhe secreted her away: to be raised a boy so that the family land and honour would remain intact.
That child’s name was Silence.
Silence must find their own place in a medieval world that is determined to place the many restrictions of gender and class upon them. With dreams of knighthood and a lonely heart to answer, Silence sets out to define themselves.
Soon their silence will be ended.
What follows is a tale of knights and dragons, of bards, legends and dashing strangers with hidden secrets. Taking the original French legend as his starting point, The Story of Silence is a rich, multilayered new story for today’s worldsure to delight fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale.
There was once, long ago, a foolish king who decreed that women should not, and would not, inherit. Thus when a girl-child was born to Lord CadorMerlin-enchanted fighter of dragons and Earl of Cornwallhe secreted her away: to be raised a boy so that the family land and honour would remain intact.
That child’s name was Silence.
Silence must find their own place in a medieval world that is determined to place the many restrictions of gender and class upon them. With dreams of knighthood and a lonely heart to answer, Silence sets out to define themselves.
Soon their silence will be ended.
What follows is a tale of knights and dragons, of bards, legends and dashing strangers with hidden secrets. Taking the original French legend as his starting point, The Story of Silence is a rich, multilayered new story for today’s worldsure to delight fans of Uprooted and The Bear and the Nightingale.
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The Story of Silence
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The Story of Silence
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780008456207 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins UK |
Publication date: | 12/29/2020 |
Sales rank: | 773,830 |
Product dimensions: | 5.30(w) x 7.50(h) x 0.00(d) |
About the Author
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