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| Verlag | Titan Books |
| Auflage | 2023 |
| Format | 13,2 x 2,7 x 23,7 cm |
| Gewicht | 286 g |
| Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
| EAN | 9781803362731 |
| Bestell-Nr | 80336273UA |
There are no limits to the willand the strengthof this unique female hero. Tamora Pierce, writer of the Song of the Lioness and the Protector of the Small quartetsThis fierce story transports you to 17th century France, to a world of heart-racing duels and seductive soirées as our heroine fights against her chronic illness to train as a Musketeer, uncovering secrets, sisterhood, and self-worth. Tania de Batz is most herself with a sword in her hand. Everyone thinks her near-constant dizziness makes her weak, nothing but a sick girl. But Tania wants to be strong, independent, a fencer like her fathera former Musketeer and her greatest champion. Then Papa is brutally, mysteriously murdered. His dying wish? For Tania to attend finishing school. But LAcadémie des Mariées, Tania realizes, is no finishing school. Its a secret training ground for new Musketeers: women who are socialites on the surface, but strap daggers under their skirts, seduce men into giving up dangerous secrets, and protect France from downfall. And they dont shy away from a sword fight.With her newfound sisters at her side, Tania feels that she has a purpose, that she belongs. But then she meets Étienne, her target in uncovering a potential assassination plot. Hes kind, charmingand might have information about what really happened to her father. Torn between duty and dizzying emotion, Tania will have to decide where her loyalties lieor risk losing everything shes ever wanted.