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1 online resource (1 audio file) |
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133000 |
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digital rda |
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audio file CD audio rda |
| Summary |
This vividly rendered novel reads like HBO's Game of Thrones ... if it were set in the Ottoman Empire. Ambitious in scope and intimate in execution, the story's atmospheric setting is rife with political intrigue, with a deftly plotted narrative driven by fiercely passionate characters. Fans of Victoria Aveyard's THE RED QUEEN, Kristin Cashore's GRACELING, and Sabaa Tahir's AN EMBER IN THE ASHES won't want to miss this visceral, immersive, and mesmerizing novel, the first in a trilogy. NO ONE EXPECTS A PRINCESS TO BE BRUTAL. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets. Lada despises the Ottomans and bides her time, planning her vengeance for the day when she can return to Wallachia and claim her birthright. Radu longs only for a place where he feels safe. And when they meet Mehmed, the defiant and lonely son of the sultan, who's expected to rule a nation, Radu feels that he's made a true friend-and Lada wonders if she's finally found someone worthy of her passion. But Mehmed is heir to the very empire that Lada has sworn to fight against-and that Radu now considers home. Together, Lada, Radu, and Mehmed form a toxic triangle that strains the bonds of love and loyalty to the breaking point. From New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White comes the first book in a dark, sweeping new series in which heads will roll, bodies will be impaled ... and hearts will be broken. |
| Audience |
750L Lexile |
| Note |
Downloadable audio file. |
| Performer |
Read by Fiona Hardingham. |
| Summary |
At first rejected by her father and always ignored by her mother, a girl child born to Vlad Dracula grows up to be Lada Dragwlya, a vicious and brutal princess, destined to rule and destroy her enemies. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
1400-1499 |
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Young Adult Fiction. |
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Historical Fiction. |
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Young Adult Literature. |
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Transylvania (Romania) -- History -- 15th century -- Juvenile fiction.
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Romania -- Transylvania. |
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Princesses -- Fiction.
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Good and evil -- Fiction.
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Transylvania (Romania) -- History -- 15th century -- Fiction.
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Audiobooks.
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Children's audiobooks.
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Juvenile works.
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History.
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Fiction.
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Downloadable audio books. |
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Audiobooks.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Hardingham, Fiona, narrator.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): White, Kiersten. And I darken New York, New York : Listening Library, [2016] 9780399569067 (NjBwBT)bl2016024545 (OCoLC)923791079 |
| ISBN |
9780399569098 : $75.00 |
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039956909X : $75.00 |
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