Nieuw The Privilege of the Sword

Welcome to Riverside, where the aristocratic and the ambitious battle for power in the city’s ballrooms, brothels and boudoirs. Into this alluring world walks a well-bred country girl versed in the rules of conventional society. When her uncle decides it would be more amusing for his niece to learn swordplay than to follow the usual path to marriage, her world changes forever. 400 pp. 17,500 print.