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The widow queen / Elżbieta Cherezińska ; translated by Maya Zakrzewska-Pim.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Polish Series: Bold ; [1]Publisher: New York, NY : Forge, 2021Copyright date: ©2020Edition: First editionDescription: 496 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781250218001
  • 1250218004
Other title:
  • Widow queen : fortune favors the bold
Uniform titles:
  • Harda. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: "Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now. The bold one, they call her-too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire. But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side. The gods may grant her wish, but crowns sit heavy, and power is a sword that cuts both ways"-- Provided by publisher.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Fiction CHEREZIN ELZBIETA Available 33111010501340
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now.

The bold one, they call her--too bold for most.

To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire.

But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side.

The gods may grant her wish, but crowns sit heavy, and power is a sword that cuts both ways.

Series information from Goodreads.com.

Translated from the Polish.

"A Tom Doherty Associates book"

"Originally published as Harda in 2016 by Zysk i S-ka Wydawnictwo s.j. in Poznań"

"Elzbieta Cherezinska's The Widow Queen is the epic story of a Polish queen whose life and name were all but forgotten until now. The bold one, they call her-too bold for most. To her father, the great duke of Poland, Swietoslawa and her two sisters represent three chances for an alliance. Three marriages on which to build his empire. But Swietoslawa refuses to be simply a pawn in her father's schemes; she seeks a throne of her own, with no husband by her side. The gods may grant her wish, but crowns sit heavy, and power is a sword that cuts both ways"-- Provided by publisher.

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