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Publishers Weekly called Daughter of the Empire a "full-bodied dynastic fantasy" with "the sweep and drama of a good historical novel about an exotic time and place." [1] A column in Vector compared the first book to "a female Shōgun with fantasy/SF elements" and praised its characterization. [2]
Publishers Weekly called Daughter of the Empire a "full-bodied dynastic fantasy" with "the sweep and drama of a good historical novel about an exotic time and place." [4] A column in Vector compared the first book to "a female Shōgun with fantasy/SF elements" and praised its characterization. [5]
Servant of the Empire is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. [1] Published in 1990, it is the second book in the Empire Trilogy , preceded by 1987's Daughter of the Empire and followed by Mistress of the Empire in 1992.
Mistress of the Empire is a fantasy novel by American writers Raymond E. Feist and Janny Wurts. It is the third and final book in the Empire Trilogy and was published in 1992. It was preceded by Servant of the Empire , which was published in 1990.
Born a princess of the Byzantine Empire, Anna is the eldest child of Emperor Alexius I Comnenus of the Byzantine Empire and his wife, Irene Ducas.With only one younger sister, Maria, Anna is her father's chosen successor and she is certain she will inherit the throne upon Alexius' death alongside her betrothed, Constantine Ducas.
The plot is split among the points of view of the various characters, winding from one to the next, and eventually connecting. The setting is an empire consisting of many floating islands upon the Endless Sea. Lin is the daughter of the tyrannical emperor of the Phoenix Empire, but must compete to become his heir with Bayan, his foster son.
Chakraborty was born and raised in New Jersey to Catholic parents [9] and converted to Islam in her teens; [10] Chakraborty is her married name. [11] She originally intended to be a historian specializing in the Middle East; however, the financial crisis around 2008 derailed those plans, so while she worked to support herself and her husband, she also kept herself occupied by writing what she ...
Book 4 addresses war against the Normans (1081–1082). Book 5 also addresses war against the Normans (1082–1083) and their first clash with the "heretics". Book 6 addresses the end of war against the Normans (1085) and the death of Robert Guiscard. 2. Byzantine relations with the Turks (Books 6–7, 9–10, and 14–15):