- Antiquities, Cults, Fathers and daughters, Fiction
FOR PAULA, ACCOMPANYING her merchant father on a trading voyage to Istanbul is a dream come true. They have come to this city of trade on a special mission to purchase a most rare artifact--a gift from the ancient goddess, Cybele, to her followers.
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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
- Juliet Marillier
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 448
- Publisher
- Knopf Books for Young Readers, Random House Children's Books, Alfred A. Knopf
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375833656
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