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Spinning Silver
What you need to know before your trail
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father’s too kind-hearted to collect his debts. They face poverty, until Miryem hardens her own heart and takes up his work in their village. Her success creates rumours she can turn silver into gold, which attract the fairy king of winter himself. He sets her an impossible challenge – and if she fails, she’ll die. Yet if she triumphs, it may mean a fate worse than death. And in her desperate efforts to succeed, Miryem unwittingly spins a web which draws in the unhappy daughter of a lord.
Irina’s father schemes to wed her to the tsar – he will pay any price to achieve this goal. However, the dashing tsar is not what he seems. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of mortals and winter alike. Torn between deadly choices, Miryem and Irina embark on a quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice, power and love.
Travel Guide
Discover the landscape of Rumpelstiltskin
This is a fantasy and folkore tale loosely based on the famous story of Rumpelstiltskin. This is a tale set in a fictional land but this is also clearly Eastern Europe as is common with many stories of legends and fairytales. The author is also from here.
This is a brother’s grimm kind of story with a setting made up of forests and folklore magic. The setting of the book gives it a lot of its atmosphere, and many scenes are set on rural farms as characters work in the fields and in the rural community.
“Blue shadows stretched out over the snow, cast by a pale thin light shining somewhere behind me, and as my breath rose in quick clouds around my face, the snow crunched: some large creature, picking its way toward the sleigh.”
Booktrail Boarding Pass: Spinning Silver
Destination/location:Lithuania Author/Guide: Spinning Silver Departure Time: Folklore
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