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In the winter palace, the King’s new physician has more enemies than she at first realises. But then she also has more remedies to hand than those who wish her ill can know about. In another palace across the mountains, in the service of the regicidal Protector General, the chief bodyguard, too, has his enemies. But his enemies strike more swiftly, and his means of combating them are more traditional.
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Classical in form, grave, cool and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- cooloverwhelming
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Iain Banks
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 397
- Publisher
- ĖKSMO, Little, Brown Book Group Limited, Rendez-Vous Ailleurs
- Editions
- 15
- Language
- English, French, Russian
- ISBN
- 9780743411967
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“Master, it was in the evening of the third day of the southern planting season that the questioner's assistant came for the Doctor to take her to the hidden chamber, where the chief torturer awaited.”
Iain Banks (16 February 1954 – 9 June 2013) was a Scottish author. He wrote mainstream fiction under the name Iain Banks, and science fiction as Iain M. Banks, including the initial of his adopted middle name Menzies. In 2008, The Times named Banks in their list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945". Source: Wikipedia
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