Every Inch a King

Harry Turtledove

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Del Rey
01 February 2007

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy; Humorous Fantasy

We are publishing this as a trade paperback original in order to distinguish it from Turtledove's alternate history, which we always publish in hardcover first. This lighthearted fantasy has YA appeal, and is the perfect crossover book to bring his fantasy fans to Del Rey.

Otto of Schlepsig is risking his neck as an acrobat in a third-rate circus in the

middle of nowhere when news arrives that the land of Shqiperi has invited Prince

Halim Eddin to become its new king. Otto doesn't know the prince from Adam, but he

does happen to look just like him-a coincidence that inspires Otto with a mad plan

to assume Halim's identity and rule in his stead. True, Shqiperi is an uncivilized

backwater, but even in uncivilized backwaters kings live better than acrobats. Plus,

kingship in Shqiperi comes with a harem. Rank, as they say, has its privileges.

With his friend Max, a sword-swallowing giant whose chronic cough makes every performance

a potential tonsillectomy, Otto embarks on a rollicking journey filled with feats

of derring-do, wondrous magic, and beautiful maidens-well, beautiful women. And that's before he enters a royal world that is truly fantastical.

By: Harry Turtledove
Imprint: Del Rey
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 158mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 302g
ISBN: 9780345487360
ISBN 10: 0345487362
Pages: 297
Publication Date: 01 February 2007
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print

Reviews for Every Inch a King

Turtledove is a master at weaving details of ordinary life into a much bigger canvas to produce a world that so easily could have been our own. <br>- Tulsa World, on Blood and Iron <br> Turtledove manages the difficult feat of telling a story that is consistently funny- and wistful, exciting, tragic and swashbuckling at the same time. The characters are intensely human and the setting marvelously Ruritanian, down to the smallest impeccable detail conveyed with a master's economical brushstroke. <br>- S. M. Stirling