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More copies of this ISBN:A Princess of Roumaniaby Paul Park
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This is a truly magical tale, full of strangeness, terrors and wonders. Many girls daydream that they are really a princess adopted by commoners. In the case of teenager Miranda Popescu, this is literally true. Because she is at the fulcrum of a deadly political battle between conjurers in an alternate world where "Roumania" is a leading European power, Miranda was hidden by her aunt in our world, where she was adopted and raised in a quiet Massachusetts college town. The narrative is split between our world and the people in Roumania working to protect or to capture Miranda: her Aunt Aegypta Schenck versus the mad Baroness Ceaucescu in Bucharest, and the sinister alchemist, the Elector of Ratisbon, who holds her true mother prisoner in Germany. This is the story of how Miranda — with her two best friends, Peter and Andromeda — is brought back to her home reality. Each of them is changed in the process and all will have much to learn about their true identities and the strange world they find themselves in. This story is a triumph of contemporary fantasy. Review:"Sharp characterization and an unusual historical backdrop distinguish Park's charming leadoff to an intricate new fantasy series. In an alternate 18th-century world where England's been swamped by a tidal wave, America teems with blond savages and 'Roumania' and Germany battle for European domination, a magic book concocted by conjuress Aegypta Schenck sends young Miranda Popescu, the 'white tyger' descendant of ancient royalty and Roumania's hope of freedom from 'black tyranny,' to Massachusetts to escape the fiendish Baroness Nicola Ceausescu and the heinous elector of Ratisbon. With her best friend, Andromeda (turned magically into first a yellow dog and later a charismatic male Roumanian courtier), and her loyal teenage admirer, Peter ('really' the son of Roumania's bravest warrior), Miranda makes hard choices to start fulfilling her destiny. Park (Celestis, etc.) leaves some tantalizing loose ends, while the wily baroness and the necromancing elector promise dashing adventure and delicious heartbreak ahead. Blurbs from Ursula K. Le Guin and John Crowley testify to the novel's high quality. Agent, John Silbersack at Trident Media Group. (July 27)" Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.) Review:"No one writes like Paul Park, and when he turns to magic, the results are magical." (Karen Joy Fowler)Review:"A vastly ambitious and passionately realized work of art...immediately appealinng...A huge achievement."(John Crowely) Review:"Complex, elusive, haunting, written in a transparent prose that slips you from one world to another." (Ursula Le Guin)Synopsis:A triumph of contemporary fantasy, this magical tale is the story of a teenager who is at the fulcrum of a deadly political battle between conjurers in an alternate world. About the AuthorPAUL PARK lives in North Adams, MA What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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