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The Privilege of the Sword Paperback - 2006
by Ellen Kushner
Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power in the city's ballrooms, brothels and boudoirs. Into this alluring world walks a well-bred country girl versed in the rules of conventional society. When her uncle decides it would be more amusing for his niece to learn swordplay than to follow the usual path to marriage, her world changes forever.
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Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power and prestige in the city's labyrinth of streets and ballrooms, theatres and brothels, boudoirs and salons. Into this alluring and alarming world walks a bright young woman ready to take it on and make her fortune. A well-bred country girl, Katherine knows all the rules of conventional society. Her biggest mistake is thinking they apply.Katherine's host and uncle, Alec Campion, the capricious and decadent Mad Duke Tremontaine, is in charge here--and to him, rules are made to be broken. When he decides it would be far more amusing for his niece to learn swordplay than to follow the usual path to ballroom and husband, her world changes forever. And there's no going back. Blade in hand, it's up to Katherine to find her own way through a maze of secrets and betrayals, nobles and scoundrels--and to gain the power, respect, and self-discovery that come to those who master...
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- Title The Privilege of the Sword
- Author Ellen Kushner
- Binding Paperback
- Edition paperback / soft
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Spectra Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2006-07-25
- ISBN 9780553382686 / 0553382683
- Weight 1.05 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.4 x 5.5 x 1.1 in (21.34 x 13.97 x 2.79 cm)
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- Topical: Lgbt
- Library of Congress subjects Fantasy fiction, Swordplay
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006040743
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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- Asimov's Science Fiction, 02/01/2007, Page 138
- Booklist, 08/01/2006, Page 57
- Lambda Book Report, 06/01/2006, Page 21
- Library Journal, 07/01/2006, Page 70
- Publishers Weekly, 05/29/2006, Page 40
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