Girls go to the convent to learn the ways of womanhood, femininity and magic.įirstborn boys go to the capitol to become knights of the realm.Įxcept Alanna doesn’t want to be a lady. But as ten-year-old nobles, they have to fulfill a longstanding duty. The Plot, in a NutshellĪlanna and Thom are noble twins, born to a distant father who’d rather spend time at his books than with his children. But I have committed, and pretty much everything else is going to be in publication order and chronological order, save for what comes next after Song of the Lioness (*ahem* Numair’s book). I do kinda wish that I had started this reread in publication order, because upon reading this first book I was reminded that Alanna is the connective tissue of the Tortall series. Spoilers abound from here, and I’m not going to mark them because this book was published in 1983. Also, I realized just how much there is of this story, and how much can be dissected and analyzed and…well. Yes, I read this first book at the beginning of the month, and then a wave of self doubt and loathing barreled in asking me why I am bothering blogging about this reread. Someday you might even be able to tell what right is.” Duke Gareth of Naxen You must learn to defend the weak, to obey your overlord, to champion the cause of right. “You’re here, Alan of Trebond, to learn what it is to be a knight and a noble of Tortall.
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