The King of Attolia
core novel 2006 The Queen's Thief
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.38 (44,088 ratings, collected 2026-08-26) |
| Page count | 387 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780060835774 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The King of Attolia is the third novel in The Queen's Thief series, following A Conspiracy of Kings in internal chronology though published before it. It opens after Eugenides, the former thief of Eddis, has married the Queen of Attolia, uniting their two long-hostile countries, though he deliberately presents himself at court as an ineffectual figurehead while the Queen continues to rule. The story is told through Costis, a young soldier in the Queen's Guard who strikes the king in a moment of frustration and expects execution for it. Instead Eugenides spares him and draws him into his confidence, and Costis, who initially despises the king, begins to glimpse the deeper capability Eugenides hides. Political enemies at court and threats from abroad put pressure on the new marriage, and the fate of three nations comes to depend on choices Eugenides has yet to make.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Queen's Thief
- Series: The Queen's Thief core; position 3 of 6 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Megan Whalen Turner
Notes
- From the series record (The Queen's Thief): A YA political fantasy series following the thief Eugenides across the fictional Mediterranean-inspired countries of Sounis, Eddis, and Attolia; the author has stated the series ended with the sixth book.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Queen's Thief: position 3 of 6: previous The Queen of Attolia (2000) · next A Conspiracy of Kings (2010)
Sources
- The Queen's Thief series bibliography (specialised series-tracking site)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_of_Attolia
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