Across the nightingale floor /
In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But sixteen-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the...
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Published: |
Picador,
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Publisher Address: | London, England : |
Publication Dates: |
2016. ©2002 |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Series: |
Tales of the Otori ;
1 |
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Summary: |
In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. But sixteen-year-old Otori Takeo, his family murdered by Iida's warriors, has the magical skills of the Tribe - preternatural hearing, invisibility, a second self - that enable him to enter the lair of the Tohan. He has love in his heart and death at his fingertips ...Lian Hearn's stunningly powerful bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor, is an epic story for readers young and old. Set in a mythical, |
Item Description: | Originally published: Macmillan, 2002. |
Carrier Form: | 309 pages : map ; 20 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781509839339 150983933X |
CLC: | I561.45 |
Call Number: | I561.45/H436-3 |