Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower (2020)

by Tamsyn Muir

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Series: Princess Floralinda (1)

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When the witch built the forty-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Each flight contains a dreadful monster, ranging from a diamond-scaled dragon to a pack of slavering goblins. Should a prince battle his way to the top, he will be rewarded with a golden sword-and the lovely Princess Floralinda. But no prince has managed to conquer the first flight yet, let alone get to the fortieth. In fact, the supply of fresh princes seems to have quite dried up. And winter is closing in on Floralinda�… (more)

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Superbly unique and darkly funny! This feels like a fever dream born of Gail Carson Levine and Neil Gaiman- and it’s very much worth a read. (

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deborahee | Feb 23, 2024 |

An amusing take on the princess in the tower story, in which plenty of princes come and try - and fail. Princess Floralinda has a no change of clothing, a rather limited diet and very little to entertain her, nor is the tower suitable for winter. But while she survives opening the door to the 39th floor, she looks die of the wounds when she gets a strange companion - and it becomes quite a different story. (

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quondame | Feb 16, 2024 |

Lahe muinasjutt, kus nõid unustab printsessi 50korruselisse torni, printsid ei saa päästmisega kuidagi hakkama (igal korrusel on uus koletis!) ja ellujäämiseks hakkab piiga ise ülevalt alla tulema. Naljakas ja muhe ja sobib hetke nagu rusikas silmaauku. (

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sashery | Jan 29, 2024 |

finished it and re-read it the same day
brilliantly funny (

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Silenostar | Dec 7, 2022 |

this was a fun read. (

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macha | Sep 29, 2022 |

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Tamsyn Muir	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Quirk, Moira	Narrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Canonical title

Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower

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2020

People/Characters

Floralinda Amelia Melisande Augustina Eleanora Selina

Cobweb [Floralinda]

The Witch [Floralinda]

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What had happened was that the witch put Princess Floralinda in a tower forty flights high, but said it wasn't personal.

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Witches do their best work in late spring and summer, when princes are most naturally inclined to go and look for mates. As the prince's only natural predator, the witch had to work when the princes were thickest on the ground.

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When the witch built the forty-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Each flight contains a dreadful monster, ranging from a diamond-scaled dragon to a pack of slavering goblins. Should a prince battle his way to the top, he will be rewarded with a golden sword-and the lovely Princess Floralinda. But no prince has managed to conquer the first flight yet, let alone get to the fortieth. In fact, the supply of fresh princes seems to have quite dried up. And winter is closing in on Floralinda�

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