The Book of a Thousand Days -

Shannon Hale

Bloomsbury Childrens

2009

320 páginas

10h 40m

ISBN-13: 9780747597810

When a beautiful princess refuses to marry the prince her father has chosen, her father is furious and locks her in a tower. She has seven long years of solitude to think about her insolence. But the princess is not entirely alone - she has her maid, Dashti. Petulant and spoilt, the princess eats the food in their meagre store as if she were still at court, and Dashti soon realises they must either escape or slowly starve. But during their captivity, resourceful Dashti discovers that there is something far more sinister behind her princess's fears of marrying the prince, and when they do break free from the tower, they find a land laid to waste and the kingdom destroyed. They were safe in the tower, now they are at the mercy of the evil prince with a terrible secret.

Thrilling, captivating, and a masterful example of storytelling at its best. The princess's maid is a feisty and thoroughly modern heroine, in this wonderfully timeless story.

Resenhas (1)

5 (Perfeito)

What an amazing story !!! I came across this book as a recommendation on GoodReads and boy I'm relying on the recommendations seen there from now on... This is a retelling of one of the Grimm Brothers tales and at first it doesn't seem like much but by the time you reach like 30% of the story it's just impossible to put the book down. Absolutely love it !!