- Impersonation, Princes, Secrets, Courts and courtiers
In the country of Carthya, a devious nobleman engages four orphans in a brutal competition to be selected to impersonate the king's long-missing son in an effort to avoid a civil war.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and unpretentious.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Jennifer A. Nielsen
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 342
- Publisher
- Scholastic Press, Scholastic, Scholastic Audio Books
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- French, English
- ISBN
- 9780545284141
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