
By Anne Fortier
From the writer of the New York Times bestseller Juliet comes a enchanting novel a couple of younger pupil who hazards her reputation—and her life—on an exciting trip to end up that the mythical warrior ladies referred to as the Amazons truly existed.
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Oxford lecturer Diana Morgan is a professional on Greek mythology. Her obsession with the Amazons all started in early life whilst her eccentric grandmother claimed to be one herself—before vanishing and not using a hint. Diana’s colleagues shake their heads at her Amazon fixation. yet then a mysterious, well-financed origin makes Diana a proposal she can't refuse.
touring to North Africa, Diana groups up with Nick Barran, an enigmatic heart japanese advisor, and starts off interpreting an strange inscription at the wall of a lately unearthed temple. There she discovers the identify of the 1st Amazon queen, Myrina, who crossed the Mediterranean in a heroic try and unencumber her abducted sisters from Greek pirates, basically to turn into embroiled within the most renowned clash of the traditional world—the Trojan struggle. Taking their cue from the inscription, Diana and Nick got down to locate the fabled treasure that Myrina and her Amazon sisters salvaged from the embattled urban of Troy goodbye in the past. Diana doesn’t comprehend the character of the treasure, yet she does be aware of that somebody is shadowing her, and that Nick has a sinister schedule of his personal. With chance lurking at each flip, and uncertain of whom to belief, Diana reveals herself on a bold and hazardous quest for fact that may without end swap her world.
Sweeping from England to North Africa to Greece and the ruins of historic Troy, and navigating among current and prior, The misplaced Sisterhood is a wide ranging, passionate experience of 2 girls on parallel trips, separated by means of time, who needs to struggle to maintain the lives and legacy of the Amazons from being misplaced forever.
Praise for The misplaced Sisterhood
“Impossible to place down . . . Meticulous examine, a scrumptious secret, and characters that bounce from the tale make this incredible e-book an ideal 10.”—Romance experiences Today
“Anne Fortier tells stories of event, secret and romance . . . corresponding to The Da Vinci Code with a touch of A Discovery of Witches.”—Fredericksburg loose Lance–Star
“Boldly unique . . . will intrigue fans of old worlds in addition to those people who are simply enthusiasts of a very good story.”—Bookreporter
“A stunning trip from England to North Africa to Greece, exciting readers with attractive settings, brave ladies and breathtaking adventure.”—BookPage
“Grounded in an intensive wisdom of classical literature, this skillful interweaving of believable archaeological hypothesis, historical mythology, and fascinating glossy experience will satisfaction enthusiasts of such authors as Kate Mosse and Katherine Neville.”—Library Journal (starred review)
“The misplaced Sisterhood is a spellbinding event, a story of 2 brave ladies separated through millennia yet pursuing interwoven quests: one to guard and lead her sisters via a deadly historical international, the opposite to turn out that the mythical tribe of girls really existed, and that their legacy endures.”—Jennifer Chiaverini, writer of Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker and The Spymistress