The Privilege of the Sword
by Ellen Kushner · 2007
Buy on AmazonAnticipating nothing more than a conventional life and marriage among the city's high society, young Katherine Talbert is stunned when her uncle, the Mad Duke, hands her a sword, relegates her to boy's clothing, and sends her on an adventure-filled odyssey of self-discovery. Reprint.
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