SuitabookPower and succession
Edward’s illness makes succession urgent, while Jane and Gifford are drawn into a plan involving the crown.
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Cynthia Hand - Author
This is a playful fantasy adventure built around royal succession, an arranged marriage and a striking human-to-horse transformation. Edward, Jane and Gifford are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy and must devise a plan together.
Edward is the King of England. He's also dying, which is inconvenient, as he's only sixteen and he'd rather be planning his first kiss than who will inherit his crown. Jane, Edward's cousin, is far more interested in books than romance. Unfortunately, Edward has arranged to marry her off to Gifford secure the line of succession. And Gifford is, well, a horse. That is, he an Eðian (eth-y-un, for the uninitiated) who becomes a chestnut steed every morning, but wakes as a man at dusk, with a mouthful of hay. Very undignified. The plot thickens as the three are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy, and have to engage in some conspiring of their own. But can they pull off their plan before it's off with their heads?
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Sign in for personalised guidanceThis is a playful fantasy adventure built around royal succession, an arranged marriage and a striking human-to-horse transformation. Edward, Jane and Gifford are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy and must devise a plan together.
Edward’s illness makes succession urgent, while Jane and Gifford are drawn into a plan involving the crown.
Jane is expected to marry Gifford, who changes between human and horse form; the transformation is described as undignified.
The threatened loss of heads makes political danger central, while the arranged marriage and first-kiss interest introduce relationship pressures.
This is a grounded book brief while Suitabook strengthens the analysis: the current material supports only a cautious reading; another book-specific source is still needed.
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