Glamour in Glass (Glamourist Histories): 2 - Softcover

Mary Robinette Kowal

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765325616 ISBN 13: 9780765325617

Publisher: Tor, 2013

Synopsis

Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a world where magic is an everyday occurrence. This magic comes in the form of glamour, which allows talented users to form practically any illusion they can imagine. Shades debuted to great acclaim and left readers eagerly awaiting its sequel. Glamour in Glass follows the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, with a much deeper vein of drama and intrigue. In the tumultuous months after Napoleon abdicates his throne, Jane and Vincent go to Belgium for their honeymoon. While there, the deposed emperor escapes his exile in Elba, throwing the continent into turmoil. With no easy way back to England, Jane and Vincent's concerns turn from enjoying their honeymoon...to escaping it. Left with no outward salvation, Jane must persevere over her trying personal circumstances and use her glamour to rescue her husband from prison...and hopefully prevent her newly built marriage from getting stranded on the shoals of another country's war.

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Review:

The setting and the intricate techniques of glamour manipulation continue to intrigue, and the thoughtful portrayal of the difficulties of Jane and Vincent's affectionately nontraditional partnership is thoroughly engaging. Publishers Weekly This is a wonderful book. Kowal has taken such care grounding her story in the time and place in which it's set that the addition of magic is truly seamless. Jane is a superb heroine.RT Book Reviews. Prepare to settle in and snuggle up in your comfiest chair once you start reading, you won't want to stop.Library Journal Praise for Shades of Milk and Honey 2010 Nebula Nominee for Best Novel SF Chronicle's Top 10 SF/F of 2010 RT Reviewer's Choice Award for Best Fantasy Novel 2010 Will appeal to fans of Jane Austen, Jane Yolen, Patricia Wrede, Susanna Clarke, and even Jasper Fforde.Library Journal on Shades of Milk and Honey Kowal sets her own mark on this kind of comedy of manners and creates a low-key and witty debut novel, one that succeeds through understated humor and sprightly prose, rather than through absurd juxtapositions of the historical and the supernatural.San Francisco Chronicle Shades of Milk and Honey could easily fit into Austen's canon, except of course for the inclusion of magic. Kowal has captured both the style and content of an Austen novel, adding her own speculative fiction twist...hits all the high points of Austen's dialogue and plotting while still having its own identity. --Publishers Weekly

If Jane Austen had written a fantasy novel, [this] would have been the result. Written with painstaking attention to detail, Kowal's prose is serenely evocative of the time period, and the fantastic elements are a seamless fit. The characterization is extremely well done and Jane is a sympathetic, strong and intelligent heroine whose devotion to her family trumps nearly every other concern --The Jane Austen Center .

Book Description:

The charming sequel to Shades of Milk and Honey. Glamour in Glass continues following the lives of beloved main characters Jane and Vincent, in a story rich with drama and intrigue and magic.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tor
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0765325616
• ISBN 13: 9780765325617
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336