Across The Nightingale Floor Blurb

September 12 2003 blurb amazon.

Across the nightingale floor blurb.

A society of rigid castes and codes subverted by love. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn publisher. A land of incomparable beauty torn by civil war. The first volume in the highly anticipated tales of the otori trilogy.

I loved my inner picture of how takeo was view spoiler dancing elegantly over the nightingale floor hide spoiler. Across the nightingale floor by lian hearn 336pp macmillan 12 99. Tomasu a member of the hidden by birth returns from exploring the mountains to find members of his family slaughtered. In his black walled fortress at inuyama the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor.

Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair. The magic of enhanced senses was beautiful and very appropriate to the setting. Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it. An ancient tradition undermined by spies and assassins.

Across the nightingale floor is set in a fictional world based on japan during the sengoku period and follows the story of a sixteen year old boy named tomasu and fifteen year old girl named kaede. An international bestseller across the nightingale floor is the first book in the tales of the otori series by lian hearn don t miss the related series the tale of shikanoko. Across the nightingale floor is a lyrical and bittersweet tale set in a fantasy medieval feudal japan.