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Swan Lake

A Kingdom Far And Clear The Swan Lake Trilogy Book 1

Book 1 of the A Kingdom Far And Clear The Swan Lake Trilogy series.Helprin recasts the classic ballet as the tale of Odette, a hidden princess in a troubled eastern kingdom, and the struggle against the puppetmaster who stole her parents' throne, framed as a story an older Odette tells her child and the first of a wintry trilogy.

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Published 1989
Part of the A Kingdom Far And Clear The Swan Lake Trilogy series as book 1.

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Helprin recasts the classic ballet as the tale of Odette, a hidden princess in a troubled eastern kingdom, and the struggle against the puppetmaster who stole her parents' throne, framed as a story an older Odette tells her child and the first of a wintry trilogy.

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Swan Lake by Mark Helprin stands out as a high-interest title with strong recommendation value.

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Swan Lake is linked to Part of the A Kingdom Far And Clear The Swan Lake Trilogy series as book 1..

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A good next step after Swan Lake is A City in Winter, The Veil of Snows, A Soldier of the Great War.

When was Swan Lake published?

Swan Lake was published in 1989.