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shortlisted for the October Book of the Month
Fantasy /Alternate / Fictional Saga
The King's
Daughter
is one of those novels that is not strictly Historical Fiction but is worthy of
the attention of this site. It does contain nods to real history with brushes
with a culture and language that is entirely Roman, hinting that this mythical
land might actually exist alongside the known Ancient World. That thought is
tantalising, even if the make-up of Prille and Corium, places in the novel, is
at a different stage of cultural development.
Irisa has always wondered at the
education her father gave her, at the words he spoke to her, the stories he
told, but nothing fits until she discovers that rather than being the daughter
of an impoverished scribe who went missing three years before, she is the
daughter of a dispossessed king. She is wanted by opposing factions to serve
their needs and the desires for different claimants to replace the ailing
monarch on his throne. Irisa has to survive at court, pulled in different
directions, following advice from those who only serve themselves, and fighting
against falling in love with the man she is to marry.
This second novel is less dramatic than
the first but that is not to say there is not tension or danger; there is, but
danger does not always come at the point of a sword. Sometimes it is hidden
behind words, a look, a withholding of the truth.
Another accomplished novel from Ms
Churchill. You might not like fantasy as a genre, but this novel is perfect for
lovers of the Wars of the Roses, and if you are feeling the loss of Game of
Thrones, this will feed those hunger pangs.
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Thank you, Nicky and Helen, for the wonderful review!
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