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Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori Ser.
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. Lian Hearn's stunningly powerful bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor, is ...Show more
Across the Nightingale Floor by Lian Hearn
Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori
The story of Takeo, tormented by his divided nature and torn between conflicting loyalties; and Kaede, hostage to a war lord and ruined by her reputation for bringing death. The author has created a breathtaking novel, set in a world of intrigue and violence, beauty and passion. Set in Medieval Japan. ...Show more
Across the Nightingale Floor: Book 1 Tales of the Otori by Lian Hearn
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori
In his fortress at Inuyama, the murderous warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. Brought up in a remote village among the Hidden, a reclusive and spiritual people, Takeo has l ...Show more
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori #1) by Lian Hearn
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori
Takeo is raised among the Hidden, whose beliefs forbid them to kill. When his family fall victim to religious persecution at the hands of Lord Iida of the Dairyo clan, he is rescued and adopted by the warrior, Shigeru, of the Otori clan. Defeated ten years before by the Dairyo, many of the Otori still w ...Show more
Across the Nightingale Floor (Tales of the Otori - Book 1) by Lian Hearn
Category: No Category | Series: Tales of the Otori Ser.
This book tells the story of Takeo, an exceptional boy brought up among the Hidden in a remote mountain village. When the mysterious Lord Otori Shigeru saves his life, he begins a journey of revenge and honour. The other books in the trilogy are Grass for His Pillow (2003) and Brilliance of the Moon (20 ...Show more
Across the Nightingale Floor - Tales of the Otori Book 1 by Lian Hearn
Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori Ser.
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 - p ...Show more
Across the Nightingale Floor: Tales of the Otori Book One by Lian Hearn
Category: No Category | Series: Tales of the Otori (Paperback)
In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. No assassin can cross it unheard. The youth Takeo has been brought up in a remote mountain village among the Hidden, a reclus ...Show more
Across the Nightingale Floor audio cd
Category: Audio | Series: Tales of the Otori
An international bestseller, Across the Nightingale Floor is the first book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn. In his black-walled fortress at Inuyama, the warlord Iida Sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. Constructed with exquisite skill, it sings at the tread of each human foot. N ...Show more
Blossoms and Shadows by Lian Hearn
Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori
This is the story of the birth of modern Japan, told by Tsuru, a young woman who breaks every stereotype of the Japanese lady. We meet her on the day of her sister's wedding, and soon realise that she will not accept the same domestic role that her sister is about to take on. Instead, Tsuru is ready to ...Show more
Brilliance Of The Moon (#3 Tales of the Otori) by Lian Hearn
Category: Sci-Fi & Fantasy Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori
Brilliance of the Moon is the third book in the Tales of the Otori series by Lian Hearn.A beautiful, haunting evocation of the medieval Japan of Lian Hearn's imagination, this thrilling follow-up to Grass for His Pillow and Across the Nightingale Floor delves deeper into the complex loyalties that bind ...Show more
Brilliance of the Moon: Episode 5 - Battle for Maruyama by Lian Hearn
Category: Fiction | Series: Tales of the Otori Ser.
The lovers Otori Takeo and Shirakawa Kaede are now husband and wife and more determined than ever to strengthen their domains.
Brilliance of the Moon: Episode Two by Lian Hearn
Category: Young Adult | Series: Tales of the Otori Ser.
A beautiful, haunting evocation of a time and place just beyond the reach of an outside world, the third and final instalment of the Tales of the Otori transports us once again to a medieval Japan of Hearn's imagination, a land of formal ritual and codes, harsh beauty, and deceptive appearance.