Daughter of the Forest (Sevenwaters Trilogy) - Hardcover

Marillier, Juliet

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031284879X ISBN 13: 9780312848798

Publisher: Tor Books, 2000

Synopsis

Sorcha, the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum, faces the difficult task of having to save her family from its enemies, who have bewitched her father and six older brothers while forcing her to choose between the life she has always known and a special love. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

Juliet Marillier's intensely romantic first novel Daughter of the Forest takes the reader to an Ireland on the edge where history and fairy tale meet. Sorcha, seventh child of a seventh son, finds herself caught up in the manipulations of a wicked and sorcerous stepmother, the whims of faerie and the purely human evil of a fanatical British lord. Acts of kindness have the most terrible of consequences and people's strongest virtues are used against them. First volume of a trilogy, Daughter of the Forest is a stunning debut that takes one of the most moving of fairy stories and renders it in vivid painful detail--rarely have the day-to-day consequences of magic's demands been made so directly unpleasant. Sorcha is a figure of fortitude to stand with the great heroines of contemporary fantasy; she does what she has to and takes the consequences at every turn. The author creates a cast of worthy allies and enemies for Sorcha as she travels from a remote Irish fortress to the depths of a forest in a Britain caught between its Celtic and European identities. --Roz Kaveney

Review:

"Sorcha takes her place in the very front line of the strong, determined Irish heroines, from Queen Maeve to Molly Bloom and beyond!" -Bestselling Andrew M. Greeley, author of The "Bishop and the Missing L Train"

"Marillier is a fine folklorist and a gifted narrator who has created a wholly appealing and powerful character."--"Publishers Weekly"

"This novel will delight and astound. An exceptional debut fairy tale that mixes romance, legend, and magic."--"Realms of Fantasy"

Sorcha takes her place in the very front line of the strong, determined Irish heroines, from Queen Maeve to Molly Bloom and beyond! "Bestselling Andrew M. Greeley, author of The Bishop and the Missing L Train"

Marillier is a fine folklorist and a gifted narrator who has created a wholly appealing and powerful character. "Publishers Weekly"

This novel will delight and astound. An exceptional debut fairy tale that mixes romance, legend, and magic. "Realms of Fantasy""

Sorcha takes her place in the very front line of the strong, determined Irish heroines, from Queen Maeve to Molly Bloom and beyond! Bestselling Andrew M. Greeley, author of The Bishop and the Missing L Train

Marillier is a fine folklorist and a gifted narrator who has created a wholly appealing and powerful character. Publishers Weekly

This novel will delight and astound. An exceptional debut fairy tale that mixes romance, legend, and magic. Realms of Fantasy

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"Sorcha takes her place in the very front line of the strong, determined Irish heroines, from Queen Maeve to Molly Bloom and beyond!" --Bestselling Andrew M. Greeley, author of The Bishop and the Missing L Train

"Marillier is a fine folklorist and a gifted narrator who has created a wholly appealing and powerful character." --Publishers Weekly

"This novel will delight and astound. An exceptional debut fairy tale that mixes romance, legend, and magic." --Realms of Fantasy

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor Books
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 031284879X
• ISBN 13: 9780312848798
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400