Blue Boots
short fiction 2010 Realm of the Elderlings
Record
| First published | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | short fiction |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781439150146 |
Synopsis
"Blue Boots" is a Robin Hobb short story set during the same period as Assassin's Apprentice and Royal Assassin. It follows Timbal, a young kitchen worker at Timberrock Keep who is still grieving the recent death of her father. Her most treasured possession is a pair of blue boots he bought her shortly before he died, an object that anchors much of her sense of who she is within the household. The story centers on Timbal's growing feelings for Azen, a traveling minstrel who arrives to entertain the keep's lord and lady, and on how a servant girl navigates attraction to someone from a very different, more mobile walk of life. Written for the anthology Songs of Love and Death, it is a quieter, character-focused entry in the Realm of the Elderlings, set far from the series' court intrigue and dragons.
Where it sits
- Universe: Realm of the Elderlings
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Robin Hobb
Notes
- Published in Songs of Love and Death (2010).
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Realm of the Elderlings (standalone work): position 15 of 24: previous Dragon Haven (2010) · next The Inheritance & Other Stories (2011)
Sources
← Realm of the Elderlings dossier · All universes
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