The Queen of Attolia is a novel by Megan Whalen Turner, first published by HarperCollins in 2001.
The Queen of Attolia is the sequel to The Thief and the second of 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’ name...
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The Queen of Attolia is a novel by Megan Whalen Turner, first published by HarperCollins in 2001.
The Queen of Attolia is the sequel to The Thief and the second of 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 Thief of Eddis, has been caught spying on the Queen of Attolia. He expects to be hanged, but the Queen instead resorts to an ancient traditional custom – she has his right hand struck off with a sword. This shocking act sets the plot in motion.
Maimed and broken-hearted, the...
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