- Fiction, fantasy, general, Assassins, Fiction, The Realm of the Elderlings
Young Fitz is the bastard son of the noble Prince Chivalry, raised in the shadow of the royal court by his father's gruff stableman. He is treated like an outcast by all the royalty except the devious King Shrewd, who has him secretly tutored in the arts of the assassin.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and epic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- sparerichly built
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About the book
- Author
- Robin Hobb
- First published
- January 2003
- Pages
- 400
- Publisher
- Harper Voyager, Saída de Emergência, HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
- Editions
- 34
- Language
- Chinese, Portuguese, Spanish, Russian
- ISBN
- 9788490623114
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“A HISTORY OF THE SIX Duchies is of necessity a history of its ruling family, the Farseers.”
Robin lives in Tacoma, Washington, USA, and she also writes as Megan Lindholm.
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