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Ardennia : The Unlikely Story of Cinderella's Prince, Paperback / softback Book

Ardennia : The Unlikely Story of Cinderella's Prince Paperback / softback

Part of the Ardennia series

Paperback / softback

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"You are about to become a very wealthy buffoon"


ACinderella story like no other, Ardennia is a young adult historical fantasy that captures the magic, brutality and earthiness of the medieval age. This first book in a series chronicles the many adventures of Cinderella's prince as he undergoes his baptism of fire in the Battle of Paris, is charmed by Cinderella at a masquerade ball, and sets off on a quest to find her after she flees the ball at the midnight hour. The quest takes him through strange lands supposedly inhabited by ogres, pixies, hobgoblins, man-eating plants and giants, and peopled by extraordinary characters that include an epileptic bard, a bean counter who wagers his gold tooth in a dice game, a merchant who can never be too prosperous, a little girl who has a running feud with three bears, pilgrims that argue over who is the most pious and a beggar who has been cursed with leprosy for committing all the cardinal sins. Be on the look-out for a bit of Chaucer-like satire in this adapted fairy tale.


Five Reasons to read Ardennia:

5. The ironic ending

4. The love affair between Cinderella's stepmother and the hunchback

3. Sir Guy's story of the elf and the troll

2. Queen Bernadette's sagacity

1. Prince Henry's tete-a-tetes with the 14 ladies who attended the ball


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