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    <![CDATA[PLEASE NOTE: This description contains spoilers for the first and second books in this remarkable trilogy, THE THIEF and THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA, and should not be read if one has not yet read those books.<br/><br/><br/><p>By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia. Eugenides wanted the queen, not the crown, but he finds himself trapped in a web of his own making. Attolia's barons seethe with resentment, the Mede emperor is returning to the attack, and the king is surrounded by the subtle and dangerous intrigue of the Attolian court.</p> <p>When a naive young guard expresses his contempt for the king in no uncertain terms, he is dragged by Eugenides into the center of the political maelstrom. Like the king, he cannot escape the difficulties he makes for himself. Poor Costis knows he is the victim of the king's caprice, but he discovers a reluctant sympathy for Eugenides as he watches the newly crowned king struggle against his fate.</p> <p>Fans of the Newbery Honor Book <em>The Thief</em> and <em>The Queen of Attolia</em> will recognize Megan Whalen Turner's signature plot twists and turns in the third exquisitely crafted tale about Eugenides.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Clever and Cunning, The Thief is King <br/><br/>No one said marriage is easy. The one between Eugenides, the spy/thief of Eddis and his sworn enemy the queen of Attolia seemed doomed from the start, a marriage of political convenience, imposed on Attolia by their rival kingdom. For how could the t...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/27103191">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Although this book is the third (and best) in a series, the twists and turns of this tale are decipherable, and enjoyable, without the background of the previous two books. It stands on its own. In fact, I read this book first and thoroughly enjoyed the &quot;surprises&quot; revealed since the chara...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7942319">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[If I could give this a 10, I would.  I'm not a person who enjoys reading books more than once.  Too many books and too little time.  BUT, I will very likely read this one again, so that's saying a lot!  Even more intrigue and delight than the first 2 in the trilogy and I love the author's subtlety a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/58799499">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[&quot;Are you badly hurt?&quot;<br/>&quot;Hideously,&quot; said the king, without sounding injured at all. &quot;I am disembowled. My insides may in an instant become my outsides as I stand here before you.&quot;<br/><br/>I. Love. This. Book. So. Much.<br/>Eugenides is back, and he's just as cle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3411007">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Don’t start in the middle!  This book is the third in the series!  I thought it was the first… silly me!  The first is The Thief and it won a Newbery Honor medal.  The second is The Queen of Attolia. I will for sure go back and read the first two because I liked the King although I had a bad tim...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65861527">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This latest in the Eugenides series did not disappoint. The main viewpoint character in this book is a young Attolian soldier named Costis, who provides an outsider's view of the former thief, now the reluctant King of Attolia. I would have given it five stars, but I did find it confusing at times, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34164360">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[PLEASE NOTE: This description contains spoilers for the first and second books in this remarkable trilogy, THE THIEF and THE QUEEN OF ATTOLIA, and should not be read if one has not yet read those books.<br/><br/><br/><p>By scheming and theft, the Thief of Eddis has become King of Attolia. Eugenides wanted the queen, not the crown, but he finds himself trapped in a web of his own making. Attolia's barons seethe with resentment, the Mede emperor is returning to the attack, and the king is surrounded by the subtle and dangerous intrigue of the Attolian court.</p> <p>When a naive young guard expresses his contempt for the king in no uncertain terms, he is dragged by Eugenides into the center of the political maelstrom. Like the king, he cannot escape the difficulties he makes for himself. Poor Costis knows he is the victim of the king's caprice, but he discovers a reluctant sympathy for Eugenides as he watches the newly crowned king struggle against his fate.</p> <p>Fans of the Newbery Honor Book <em>The Thief</em> and <em>The Queen of Attolia</em> will recognize Megan Whalen Turner's signature plot twists and turns in the third exquisitely crafted tale about Eugenides.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[First off, I don't understand why I found this book in the children's section of the library. The plot is so complicated, the revelations so subtle, the themes and tone so mature. (And there are zero children in it.)<br/><br/>The story follows the twists and turns of the struggle for political pow...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46871461">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a much better sequel than <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40158.The_Queen_of_Attolia_Eugenides_Book_2_" title="The Queen of Attolia (Eugenides, Book 2) by Megan Whalen Turner">The Queen of Attolia</a>.  The characters actually behave the same as the last book, the story is interesting, and you learn new things.  I wish the middle book had been written as carefully or as well.<br/><br/>There certainly isn't anything surprising at this point,...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54466587">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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