Robin Hobb: The willful princess and the piebald prince (2013, Subterranean Press)
184 pages
English language
Published April 15, 2013 by Subterranean Press.
Felicity, a minstrel sworn to the truth, tells the ill-fated love story of the stubborn and indulged Princess Caution and the stableboy Lostler, a former Chalcedean slave and the piebald horse bound to him by the magic of Wit, which gives him the power to communicate with animals.
I think it was good. But I think it needs the context of other books in the world to get its full value.
Perceived that a man who holds the loyalty of many small men might have near as much power as the man who holds the hearts of a few great ones.
This is a tale eluded to in the Tawny Man trilogy but I read it months after completing that trilogy and wished I would have read it sooner, or prior to starting the Tawny Man. Otherwise this was a great stand alone book that expands on a story we know of and gives history in to what it means to be blessed (or hindered with the Wit) and how that magic has cursed others after the Piebald Prince.
Hobb's does a fantastic job telling the tale from one narrator. Her stories are paragraphs of text but the mixture of dialogue and explanation is unmatched. I enjoy the Farseer story and this was a great side story to the events in …
Perceived that a man who holds the loyalty of many small men might have near as much power as the man who holds the hearts of a few great ones.
This is a tale eluded to in the Tawny Man trilogy but I read it months after completing that trilogy and wished I would have read it sooner, or prior to starting the Tawny Man. Otherwise this was a great stand alone book that expands on a story we know of and gives history in to what it means to be blessed (or hindered with the Wit) and how that magic has cursed others after the Piebald Prince.
Hobb's does a fantastic job telling the tale from one narrator. Her stories are paragraphs of text but the mixture of dialogue and explanation is unmatched. I enjoy the Farseer story and this was a great side story to the events in Buckkeep.
While younger hearts might sing aloud, older heads rule.
In such a short story Hobb's is able to eloquently describe love, heartache and betrayal that other authors struggle with in longer books.
