- Courts and courtiers, Fiction, Indentured servants, Phèdre nó Delaunay (Fictitious character)
Phèdre, accompanied by protector swordsman Joscelin, journeys down a fabled river in order to rescue a childhood friend.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Jacqueline Carey
- First published
- 2003
- Pages
- 750
- Publisher
- Heyne Verlag, Pan MacMillan, Tor
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- German, English
- ISBN
- 9781405034142
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First sentence
“It ended with a dream.”
About Jacqueline Carey · 1964
American writer, primarily of fantasy fiction.
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