Crown Duel
core novel 1997 Sartorias-deles
Record
| First published | 1997 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.99 (8,635 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780152016081 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Seventeen-year-old Countess Meliara Astiar and her older brother Bran promise their dying father to protect their lands and people from the greed of King Galdran. When Galdran's taxes and soldiers threaten the countryside, Mel gathers farmers and tradespeople into a rebel force and takes the war to the crown. She is captured by the king's cool, elegant ally the Marquis of Shevraeth, escapes, and must decide whether the man she distrusts may be less of an enemy than she thinks. Written first as a single story, the book was published in two parts, with the war in the first and the aftermath at court in the second.
Where it sits
- Universe: Sartorias-deles
- Series: Crown Duel core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Sherwood Smith
Notes
- First published as two volumes, Crown Duel (1997) and Court Duel (1998). Reissued as a single-volume omnibus titled Crown Duel by Firebird in 2002 (ISBN 9780142301517), with an e-book edition in 2010 that adds scenes from Vidanric's point of view.
- From the series record (Crown Duel): Mel Astiar's rebellion and court years in Remalna, plus the prequel about Vidanric's military training in Marloven Hess.
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 the series Crown Duel: position 1 of 3: next Court Duel (1998)
- Internal chronology, within Sartorias-deles: position 2 of 37: previous Inda (2006) · next The Spy Princess (2012)
Sources
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