Eagle's Daughter, The
by Judith Tarr
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 0312858191
- ISBN 13
- 9780312858193
- Seller
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
New. New Ships From Canada New in new dust jacket Sewn binding Paper over boards 352 p Audience: General/trade From Publishers Weekly This bland romance set in the 10th century is narrated by Princess Aspasia, young widow and "'"scion of the Purple Chamber"'" of Byzantium Aspasia now attends her niece, Empress Theophano, wed at 18 to Holy Roman Emperor Otto II The story opens with the crowning of Theophano's three-year-old son, Otto III, and plunges into a flashback Both women had experienced the murderous intrigue of the Byzantine court; in contrast, their current daily round in Saxon Germany seems colorless and flaccid Political events, fuzzily delineated, culminate in a power play by cousin Henry ("'"the Quarreler"'"), Duke of Bavaria, against baby Otto, whom he kidnaps so casually that any potential suspense is lost The boy's grandmother and mother talk tough, and Henry backs off Aspasia's own story centers on her love affair with passionate Ismail, a stern, respected Moorish ph
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- Bookseller
- Pine Tree Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9037595976
- Title
- Eagle's Daughter, The
- Author
- Judith Tarr
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0312858191
- ISBN 13
- 9780312858193
- Publisher
- Forge
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- 1995
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