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The Privilege of the Sword - Community Reviews back

by Ellen Kushner
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My only books were women's looks
My only books were women's looks rated it 17 years ago
Sequel to the equally (dare I say slightly more?) fabulous 'Swordspoint'. The best part is that the genre is called mannerpunk. Lots of chocolate drinking and calls being paid. Also, girls dressing as boys, more Alec/Richard and other fabulous things I will leave out so as not to spoil. If the idea ...
wealhtheow
wealhtheow rated it 18 years ago
The book is set a dozen or so years after Swordspoint, one of my very favorite fantasy stories. Alec Campion, the Mad Duke of Tremontaine, summons his young niece to the city. He promises to alleviate her family’s financial situation if she’ll obey his one command—she must dress only in men’s clothi...
sheile
sheile rated it 19 years ago
Narration by Kushner herself (and additional cast) is 5 stars all the way. Definitely naming on reading the other Riverside books now.
gryphyn
gryphyn rated it 19 years ago
Narration by Kushner herself (and additional cast) is 5 stars all the way. Definitely naming on reading the other Riverside books now.
Merle
Merle rated it 56 years ago
Like its predecessor, Swordspoint, The Privilege of the Sword is a fun, clever book that doesn’t quite deserve 4 stars.... but 3 would be selling it too short.This is a 20-years-later sequel to Swordspoint; it has its own plot and protagonist and doesn’t demand that you read Swordspoint first, but i...
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