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The King of Attolia
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The Queen's Thief: Book 3

The King of Attolia (2006) (edit title/settings)

by Megan Whalen Turner (Author) (edit contributors)

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By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia. Eugenides wanted the queen, not the crown, but he finds himself trapped in a web of his own making. Attolia's barons seethe with resentment, the Mede emperor is returning to the attack, and the king is surrounded by the... read more

Characters edit see section history

  • Eugenides, King of Attolia: Former Thief of Eddis, now the King of Attolia.
  • Irene, Queen of Attolia: The Queen of Attolia.
  • Costis: A soldier in the King's army.
  • Eddis: Queen of Eddis. Eugenides cousin.
  • Sejanus: The second son of Baron Erondites and ringleader of the king's attendants.
  • Dite: The heir of Baron Erondites. He is loyal to (and in love with) the queen of Attolia despite his father's opposition.
  • Ornon: Eddisan Ambassador to Attolia.
  • Phresine: One of the Queen's senior attendants.
  • Teleus: Captain of the Queen's Guard.
  • Relius: Secretary of the Archives and head of spies.
  • Hilarion: One of the King's (Gen's) attendants.
  • Aulus: One of Gen's cousins who comes to visit.
  • Laecdomon: One of the Attolian soldiers.
  • Aristogiton: Costis's friend and a soldier at the palace
  • Petrus: The court physician.
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  • “I'm trying to bury the truth, remember? Hide it from myself, hide it from the gods. Because not wanting the prize the gods have arranged for you -- that just might offend the hell right out of them. If you are going to reject the gods' rewards, Costis, you have to go very carefully.”
    Eugenides
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  • That’s the public perception of your honor. It has nothing to do with anything important, except perhaps for manipulating fools who mistake honor for its bright, shiny trappings. You can always change the perceptions of fools.”
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  • “He didn’t marry you to become king. He became king because he wanted to marry you.”
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  • The king’s attendants remained, digesting the fact that their helpless, inept king had promised his wife to destroy the house of Erondites in six months and had done it in ninety-eight days.
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  • “I had not pictured you for a fishwife.” “Lo, the transforming power of love.”
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  • Ever since the gods created the world, mortals have been forgetting from where their blessings come.
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  • “Oh, the trip would be quicker than you think,” said the king, pleasantly. “Most of my male cousins are dead.”
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  • The king lifted a hand to her cheek and kissed her. It was not a kiss between strangers, not even a kiss between a bride and a groom. It was a kiss between a man and his wife, and when it was over, the king closed his eyes and rested his forehead against the hollow of the queen’s shoulder, like a man seeking respite, like a man reaching home at the end of the day.
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  • Phresine, the queen’s senior attendant, watched them from behind the throne as her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.
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  • It made Costis wonder what else the king could hide so well that no one even thought to look for it.
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  • “And if what she sacrifices is her heart? Giving it up a piece at a time until there is nothing left? What do you have then, Relius, but a heartless ruler? And what becomes of the common good then?”
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First Sentence edit see section history

COSTIS sat in his room.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Prologue
Chapters 1- 14

Glossary edit see section history

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 3 of 4 in The Queen's Thief. (standard series)

Preceded by The Queen of Attolia, and followed by A Conspiracy of Kings.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Megan Whalen Turner (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Greenwillow Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 006083577X
Page Count: 400

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