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Internationally-bestselling, critically-acclaimed author Robin Hobb takes readers deep into the history behind the Farseer series in this exclusive, new novella.Long before the time of Chivalry Farseer, there was another indiscreet member of the royal line. Princess Caution Farseer, in defiance of her name, was headstrong and willful, destined to fall dangerously in love where she ought not.The child she bore, a Witted boy known as the Piebald Prince, rose to favour despite his questionable bloodlines. But the dukes of the Six Duchies backed Canny Farseer for the throne. And so both young men competed for power But this was not their only struggle: for they both fell in love with the same lady. Such rivalry could end only in bloodshedA tale of love and secrets, magic and manipulation, heartbreak and murder most foul: only a true-tongued minstrel can reveal the real story of the Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince.

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The Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince

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      Publisher Harper Collins
      Imprint HarperVoyager
      Published 30 November 2017
      ISBN-13 9780008245009
      978-0008245009
      ISBN-10 0008245002
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      Fiction Fantasy Books by Robin Hobb

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Internationally-bestselling, critically-acclaimed author Robin Hobb takes readers deep into the history behind the Farseer series in this exclusive, new novella.Long before the time of Chivalry Farseer, there was another indiscreet member of the royal line. Princess Caution Farseer, in defiance of her name, was headstrong and willful, destined to fall dangerously in love where she ought not.The child she bore, a Witted boy known as the Piebald Prince, rose to favour despite his questionable bloodlines. But the dukes of the Six Duchies backed Canny Farseer for the throne. And so both young men competed for power But this was not their only struggle: for they both fell in love with the same lady. Such rivalry could end only in bloodshedA tale of love and secrets, magic and manipulation, heartbreak and murder most foul: only a true-tongued minstrel can reveal the real story of the Wilful Princess and the Piebald Prince.

      Trade Review

      'Hobb is one of the great modern fantasy writers… what makes her novels as addictive as morphine is not just their imaginative brilliance but the way her characters are compromised and manipulated by politics.'
      The Times

      'Robin Hobb writes achingly well'
      SFX

      'Hobb is a remarkable storyteller.'
      Guardian

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