ABANDONED. King has a truth-teller

[Delanie]

My husband and I were discussing the incident in the news where Justin Bieber left the message on Anne Frank House's sign-in closing that "if she were alive he hoped she would be a Bieberite" which led to wondering how you don't have someone in your entourage to say "um...NO!"

Which led to both of us remembering very vaguely reading a book or possibly a series, fantasy novels, in which the king has a "truth teller" whose sole purpose is to point out unfair or unreasonable decisions the king makes. It wasn't the focal point of the story, so I don't think it was "the truth teller" series. I would hazard a guess that they might have been written sometime in the 80's.

Sorry, this is about as vague as one can get...but thought if anybody stood a chance of knowing what we were remembering reading, it would be here!

[Fayley]

Now I want to find out too!

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Delanie, are you still looking for this book or series?

[Delanie]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Delanie, are you still looking for this book or series?"

I am; unfortunately, still no closer. I've been checking my favorite used bookstore, which tends to be the best and most knowledgeable source for things like this. Even they are stumped. Wargh!

[MJ]

Don't think so, but maybe?
Assassin's Apprentice... It has the fool, who if from memory, was very close to the King. But the first King wasn't really the focus of th book. The Fool kept up thru h series tho.

[Melanti]

The Truth-Teller's Tale perhaps?

It focuses on a set of twins - one a truth teller, the other a secret keeper - but they do briefly meet the King's truth teller.

It's from the mid 2000s though, not the '80s.

[Mir]

That's a sequel to The Safe-Keeper's Secret, which could also be the one you're thinking of.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Still looking, Delanie?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Lobstergirl wrote: "Still looking, Delanie?"

No response in 2 years. Moving to Abandoned.