Across The Nightingale Floor Blurb

Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn publisher.

Across the nightingale floor blurb.

Across the nightingale floor blurb. A land of incomparable beauty torn by civil war. An international bestseller across the nightingale floor is the first book in the tales of the otori series by lian hearn don t miss the related series the tale of shikanoko. The first book in a stunning trilogy of historical fantasy novels following takeo orphaned when a warlord massacres his village.

Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it. The first volume in the highly anticipated tales of the otori trilogy. Across the nightingale floor is set in a fictional world based on japan during the sengoku period and follows the story of a sixteen year old boy named tomasu and fifteen year old girl named kaede.

Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp macmillan 12 99. September 12 2003 blurb amazon. I loved my inner picture of how takeo was view spoiler dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor hide spoiler. The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting.

In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered. An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins.