Arden is an incredible writer and possesses the ability to recreate the feeling of an old Russian master with the flair of a nouveau writer. When a battle with some bandits who have been terrorizing the countryside earns her the admiration of the Grand Prince of Moscow, she must carefully guard the secret of her gender to remain in his good graces-even as she realizes his kingdom is under threat from mysterious forces only she will be able to stop. So instead she chooses adventure, disguising herself as a boy and riding her horse into the woods. Both doom her to life in a tower, cut off from the vast world she longs to explore. Orphaned and cast out as a witch by her village, Vasya’s options are few: resign herself to life in a convent, or allow her older sister to make her a match with a Moscovite prince.
The magical adventure begun in The Bear and the Nightingale continues as brave Vasya, now a young woman, is forced to choose between marriage or life in a convent and instead flees her home-but soon finds herself called upon to help defend the city of Moscow when it comes under siege. She is the author of the critically acclaimed The Bear and the Nightingale and The Girl in the Tower.įollow on Twitter #TheWintertrilogy Visit Born in Austin, Texas, she currently lives in Vermont. Katherine Arden has studied Russian in Moscow, taught at a school in the French Alps, and worked on a farm in Hawaii. It is the perfect blend of historical fiction and magical realism.’
‘Inspired by Russian fairy-tales and folklore, this is the second book in a stunning literary trilogy.
Katherine Arden deserves to be at the top of award lists, because she is a very talented writer. This is one of my favourite series and both the first book, The Bear and the Nightingale, and the second, The Girl in the Tower, are at the top of my list of favourite reads. I am thrilled to take part in the BlogTour for The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden to celebrate the paperback release of the second book in The Winternight Trilogy.
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