New York: David Fickling Books, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+/Near Fine. Light bumps to top right corner of front board and ends of spine.

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FILLED WITH IMMENSE characters, this thrilling medieval fantasy filled with moral complexity and vision announces the arrival of a special new writing talent.Phaedra, the beautiful daughter of a baron, has been visited in dreams by an elusive knight for almost as long as she can remember. And when his presence becomes a reality, she is forced to choose him and a new life over her home and her father. But this sets off a chain of events that she could not have foreseen--a battle between good and evil, which is in turn violent and psychologically compelling. This stunning novel grapples with the huge themes of life, and turns the reader's expectations upside down again and again, with one vertiginious plunge after another.From the Hardcover edition.

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Bookseller: Lost Paddle Books, IOBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: LPB000259JD
Title: The Cup of the World
Author: Dickinson, John
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good+
Jacket Condition: Near Fine
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First US Edition/First Printing
ISBN 10: 0385750250
ISBN 13: 9780385750257
Publisher: David Fickling Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 2004
Keywords: john dickinson cup of the world widow of the king
Bookseller catalogs: Fantasy;

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