Cover of Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Woman Who Rides Like a Man

by Unknown Author

4.3
(25 ratings)
263 pages1990Oxford Univ Pr Childrens BooksISBN 9780192715821
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About this book

<p>With brilliant new livery to celebrate the 40th anniversary of this ground-breaking fantasy series, Alanna the Lioness - the first woman knight - rides again.</p> <br> <br> <p>Now a knight of Tortall, with her gender no longer a secret, Alanna embarks on her next adventure to the edge of the realm. Captured for the crime of trespassing, Alanna is sentenced to a duel to the death. But the Woman Who Rides Like a Man is not so easy to kill.</p> <p>Though the duel is won, the battle is just beginning. When Alanna is named the Bazhir people's first female shaman, she is tasked with training her successors. But first, she must overcome their fears of magic, for the sake of all Tortall.</p> <p>Forty years on from first publication, The Song of the Lioness Quartet retains its warmth, adventure, and steel, affirming this coming-of-age tale as a timeless masterpiece.</p>

Publication Details

Publisher
Oxford Univ Pr Childrens Books
Published
1990
Pages
263
ISBN
9780192715821

About Unknown Author

This author's name is Tamora Pierce, the second vowel is an O not an A.

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