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The Diamond Throne by David Eddings
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The Diamond Throne (original 1989; edition 1990)

by David Eddings, Leigh Eddings

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Sparhawk, companion to the queen, comes home to find his queen stricken with a fatal disease and a corrupt Primate controlling the country.
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Title:The Diamond Throne
Authors:David Eddings
Other authors:Leigh Eddings
Info:Del Rey (1990), Mass Market Paperback, 448 pages
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The Diamond Throne by David Eddings (1989)

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Hij is uit (en ik ben alweer halverwege het tweede deel) en ik geef hem drie sterren. Beetje weinig, maar vier sterren is het echt niet, vanwege een totaal gebrek aan originaliteit. Maar het leest heerlijk vlot (heb ik jullie al gezegd dat ik halverwege het tweede deel ben?) en het is een lekker onderhoudend verhaal. Wat wil een mens nog meer? (behalve dan een beetje originaliteit..) ( )
  weaver-of-dreams | Aug 1, 2023 |
Reread March 2022: The last time I read this series was back in 2011. Eddings tends to be a comfort read for me though normally I turn to the Belgariad instead of the Sparhawk books. And now I remember why. The story is an old school quest/hero journey to save Queen and country from evil by finding a magical maguffin and one I enjoy even if it is considered tropey 30+ years later. Where this differs from Eddings' other series are the characters. It took me a long time to warm up to the characters. I finally got into the groove in the last quarter of the book and started to enjoy the story. We will see if the remainder of the trilogy changes my mind but this may be my last time reading The Elenium. ( )
  Narilka | May 26, 2022 |
Not as good as his previous series, also loses its shine when you are 30 ( )
  zbdd | Oct 31, 2021 |
Standard quest: princess is poisoned and evil church leader is fomenting turmoil to enhance his power; the princess's champion is rough-and-tumble trying to find a cure; evil gods are trying to stop the champion. This story doesn't have the scope of Tolkien, but the "world" is quite a bit smaller in scope. Eddings writes a good story, for all the obvious tropes, and I find it a better read than Terry Brooks. ( )
  majackson | Oct 8, 2021 |
I know that David Eddings books are very much a repeated formula from series to series but that does not take away from my enjoyment of them. I first read his books many years ago when I chose them because they were the longest books I could find. I enjoy his characters and the plot and I find that in general they stand up to the test of time as long as you can enjoy the raging sexism. ( )
  KateKat11 | Sep 24, 2021 |
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Author nameRoleType of authorWork?Status
Eddings, Davidprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Eddings, LeighUncredited Authorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Barrow, JohnNarratorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Gatti, Graziasecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Parkinson, KeithCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Punnonen, PasiTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Shapiro, ShellyCartographersecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
SpÄngberg, YlvaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Sweet, Darrell K.Cover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Taylor, GeoffCover artistsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed

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