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Brokedown Palace
Brokedown Palace
Author: Steven Brust
Once Upon A Time... — There were four brothers who ruled the land Fenario: —
  • King Laszlo a good man --  though perhaps a little mad
  • Prince Andre a cleaver man -- though perhaps a shallow
  • Prince  Vilmos a strong man -- though  perhaps a little...  more »
  • Prince Miklos the youngest, prehaps a little -- no, a lot -- stubborn


Once upon a time there were four brothers -- and a goddess, a wizard, an enigmatic talking stallion, a very hunger dragon -- and a crumbling, Brokedown Palace on the banks of the River of Faerie...
ISBN-13: 9780441071814
ISBN-10: 0441071813
Publication Date: 1/1986
Pages: 270
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 16 ratings
Publisher: Ace
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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Helpful Score: 3
Brust adapts a Hungarian fairytale about three royal brothers and the vast, literally crumbling palace they inhabit into a mini-saga about family, jealousy, love, decline and rebirth.
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Trey avatar reviewed Brokedown Palace on + 260 more book reviews
Well, I just finished this. Its ... neat and hard to pin down at the same time. It is very much a well developed fairy tale, and one of the old school not the modern. Threads are left dangling and there is hate, love, change, pain and growth.
Its a wonderful book and I hope others will read it.


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