The ensuing adventure is a combination of the best parts of magical fantasy and heist novels, set against a glorious Regency backdrop. Buy A Forest Of Vanity And Valour by A.P Beswick from Waterstones today Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders. The espionage potential of magical illusions sets the stage for Kowal’s fourth alternate-Regency caper (after. But when so many things are not what they seem, even the best laid plans conceal a few pitfalls. Tor, 25.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3416-9. Jane and Vincent are helped by a kind local they meet en route, but Vincent is determined to become self-reliant and get their money back, and hatches a plan to do so. It is their good fortune that they are not enslaved, but they lose everything to the pirates and arrive in Murano destitute. Jane and Vincent plan to separate from the party and travel to Murano to study with glassblowers there, but their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs while en route. After Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple on their tour of the continent. If you like fast-paced action, evil-to-good transformations, and classic stories with a twist, then you’ll love A.P Beswick’s ominous tale.
In Valour and Vanity, master glamourists Jane and Vincent find themselves in the sort of a magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen wrote Ocean's Eleven. A Forest of Vanity and Valour is the dark first book in the Tales of Levanthria fantasy-retelling series. Acclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic-known here as glamour-is real.
0 kommentar(er)
