The King of Attolia is a novel by Megan Whalen Turner, first published by Greenwillow Books in 2006.
The King of Attolia is the sequel to The Thief and The Queen of Attolia, and is the third of Megan Whalen Turner’s three books about Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis.
The books are set in a Byzantine-like imaginary landscape, reminiscent of ancient Greece and other territories around the Mediterranean. The action takes place in the countries of Eddis...
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The King of Attolia is a novel by Megan Whalen Turner, first published by Greenwillow Books in 2006.
The King of Attolia is the sequel to The Thief and The Queen of Attolia, and is the third of Megan Whalen Turner’s three books about Eugenides, the Thief of Eddis.
The books are set in a Byzantine-like imaginary landscape, reminiscent of ancient Greece and other territories around the Mediterranean. The action takes place in the countries of Eddis, Attolia, and Sounis. The characters’ names are also Greek, and references are made to actual Greek authors, but this is fantasy, not historical fiction. The gods of Turner’s pantheon, ruled by the Great Goddess Hephestia, are her own, and her world possesses such items as guns and pocket watches.
Eugenides, the one-handed former Thief of Eddis, has married the Queen of Attolia, bringing peace to the two countries and becoming King. But what kind of a king is he? He slouches on his throne, appears to sleep during important briefings, makes...
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