The Princess of Flames
by Ru Emerson
On This Page
Tags
Recommendations
Member Recommendations
sandstone78 Through a Brazen Mirror and The Princess of Flames share a common theme of a woman forced by circumstances to disguise herself as a man, and the somewhat distant third-person style of the narrative, focusing on other characters though the story revolves around them, is also similar. Through a Brazen Mirror is a more bitter book (I hesitate to even call it bittersweet), but it explores the themes and consequences of a woman living as a man in way that was more deep and satisfying to me than Princess of Flames, which takes an easier route and ends up as a straight romance. Both are worth a read.
Member Reviews
A really good fantasy. A disinherited princess returns (in disguise) to save her homeland which is being overrun by a monstrous army. Great battle scenes with lots of political intrigue and even a romance thrown in. Emerson at her best.
Ratings
Members
- Recently Added By
Author Information
34+ Works 2,883 Members
Some Editions
Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Princess of Flames
- Original publication date
- 1986
- People/Characters
- Elfrid; Gespry (Archbishop of Rhames); Fialla; Rolend; Hyrcan; Sedry (show all 11); Baldyron of Korent; Fresgkel of Eavon; Gelc; Boresin; Fidric Hammanson
- Important places
- Darion
- Dedication
- For Mom and Dad, who always encouraged;
For Doug who lived to tell about it;
And for Bill Spahr, for the push that got it going again. - First words
- Gently. Elfrid let the held breath out slowly as the third sphere took solidity and hung with the other two - iridescent, luminous - in the shadow of the minstrel's gallery.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Moonlight caught them as they crossed the glade, so close together they might have touched, before they vanished into the silence and shadowed darkness of the Forest.
- Blurbers
- McCaffrey, Anne; Wrede, Patricia
Classifications
Statistics
- Members
- 174
- Popularity
- 187,298
- Reviews
- 1
- Rating
- (3.83)
- Languages
- English, Spanish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 3
- ASINs
- 1
