SeriesWinternight
4 Works
Popularity 1,924 (4,981 Members)
8,505 Books
512 Reviews
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Core
| The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden 4,955 copies, 293 reviews | 1 |
| The Girl in the Tower by Katherine Arden 1,994 copies, 138 reviews | 2 |
| The Winter of the Witch by Katherine Arden 1,594 copies, 81 reviews | 3 |
Collections and Selections
| Winternight Trilogy by Katherine Arden 13 copies | omnibus |
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- The series is a mixture of fantasy and historical. It is set in the 14th century in Russia. Many of the characters in Moscow, the Grand Princes, the Metropolitan, are real people, and the scene is loving described. The family of Pyotr Vladimirich, a boyar living in Lesnaya Zemla, in northern Rus', is fictitious. The real characters are given fictitious wives and children who interact with Pyotr's family, and help make history. Ivan II of Moscow's second wife is replaced by a startling, mysterious beauty, thought by many to be a witch. Marina Ivanova was a real person, born to Ivan ii's real second wife, but in the trilogy she is an object of fear, and is sent to marry Pyotr. The marriage is happy until Marina dies in childbirth with their youngest child, Vasilii. This is a child with her grandmother's powers, including the ability to see the chyerti, characters of Russian folklore, who are being overwhelmed by the Christians. Marina and her youngest daughter are also mysteriously connected to Moroko, a demon involved with both winter and death. (English, Unclassified)
Other Names
Dutch: Winternacht — French: Trilogie d’une nuit d’hiver — German: Winternacht
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