![]() The first novel in the epic Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor is followed by Grass For His Pillow and Brilliance of the Moon. An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. Set in a mythical, feudal, Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, the intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, secret alliances, high honour and lightning swordplay. The story of a boy who is suddenly plucked from his life in a remote and peaceful village to find himself a pawn in a political scheme filled with treacherous warlords, rivalry and the intensity of first love. In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord, Iida Sadamu, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Lian Hearn's stunningly powerful bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor, is an epic story for readers young and old. The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote. He has love in his heart and death at his fingertips. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. 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. Its surface sings at the tread of every human foot, and no assassin can cross it. Summary In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. 'Quite simply the best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.Across the Nightingale Floor - Tales of the Otori Book 1 Lian Hearn The first novel in the epic Tales of the Otori series, Across the Nightingale Floor is followed by Grass For His Pillow and Brilliance of the Moon. He has love in his heart and death at his fingertips. ![]() Each stratum of society owed allegiance to the one above it. Our own medieval feudal system was a relatively simple affair. ![]() In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn 336pp, Macmillan, 12.99. Set in a mythical, feudal, Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, the intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, secret alliances, high honour and lightning swordplay. Publication: Across the Nightingale FloorPublication Record 85014 Author: Lian Hearn Date: ISBN: 1-4176-1683-0 978-1-4176-1683-1 Publisher. 'Quite simply the best story of magic, love, sex, revenge and suspense to have come this way since Philip Pullman.' - Independent on Sunday ![]() In his palace at Inuyama, Lord Iida Sadamu, warlord of the Tohan clan, surveys his famous nightingale floor. ![]() Set in a mythical, feudal, Japanese land, a world both beautiful and cruel, the intense love story of two young people takes place against a background of warring clans, secret alliances, high honour and lightning swordplay. ![]()
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