![]() ![]() In this first book Alanna is quite young, the story starts when she is just 11 and she’s still very innocent and naïve. The series consist of four books, but I liked the first volume the best. The setting is the fictional kingdom of Tortall and the time is not clear, but it hints in many ways of medieval times. She makes many friends, including Prince Jonathan whose knight she becomes, and George, the king of thieves. Also, the main character Alanna is certainly a role model in some aspects for girls, though not so much in relationships I might add.Īlanna of Trebold is the man character of this fantasy series, a girl who wants to be a boy and disguises herself as one (‘Alan’)in order to train as a knight. ![]() That has become quite mainstream after Harry Potter, but that wasn’t the case in the 1980’s so it must have been quite novel and revolutionary at the time. Many elements that we now consider quit normal or even cliché are present, like magic. That makes it a bit of a classic and I can see why. ![]() The Song of the Lioness series) (four volumes*) is an ‘oldie’, the first volume of this series was published in 1983. ![]()
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