The Court of Miracles
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Description de l’éditeur
Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris's criminal underground in the wake of a failed French Revolution.
A CITY DIVIDED
A DEADLY BETRAYAL
The French Revolution of 1828 has failed, and Paris is in mourning.
The wretched of the city have gathered into guilds of thieves, assassins and worse, to form the Court of Miracles.
When Eponine's sister is sold into the Guild of Flesh, both their fates are sealed. The only chance Eponine has of rescuing her is to join the Miracle Court and steal back what was taken.
But to do that she'll have to become the greatest thief the city has ever known.
'[A] twisty, turny and fiercely told tale of revenge and redemption'
DAILY MAIL
'A book with both big heart and a nicely nasty streak'
THE I PAPER
'Beguiling, an an Angela Carter-like way'
SFX
'Come for the world-building and Les Mis connections, stay for the heroine'
STARBURST
Reviews
‘Strong, feminist fantasy’
STYLIST
‘[A] twisty, turny and fiercely told tale of revenge and redemption’
DAILY MAIL
‘Grant’s Éponine dreams of revenge, not pretty revolutionaries … She must plot a path through the treacherous Court of Miracles – a world where even the most innocent of encounters could still end with a knife in the back … A book with both a big heart and a nicely nasty streak’
THE I PAPER
‘As Nina's quest … takes her from the catacombs to the palace, from the company of beggars to revolutionaries to the Dauphin himself, the balance between fairy tale and realism is beautifully maintained. Beguiling, in an Angela Carter-like way’
SFX
‘A dark, thrilling tale of what goes on in a fantastical Parisian underworld … come for the world-building and Les Mis connections, stay for the heroine’
STARBURST
‘The Eponine power fantasy for everyone who has ever wanted to punch Rudyard Kipling in the face’
EK Johnson, #1 New York Times bestseller
About the author
Kester Grant is a British-Mauritian writer of colour. She was born in London, grew up between the UK, Democratic Republic of Congo, and the tropical island paradise of Mauritius. As a wanton nomad she and her husband are unsure which country they currently reside in but they can generally be found surrounded by their fiendish pack of cats and dogs.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Grant's ambitious debut, which launches a trilogy inspired by Les Mis rables and The Jungle Book, opens in 1823 Paris, where the criminal underground comprises nine guilds bound by a governing body dubbed the Miracle Court. Olive-skinned Eponine ("Nina") is just nine when her rage-filled father, Th nardier, sells her older sister, Azelma, to the Guild of Flesh's ruthless leader, Kaplan ("the Tiger"). To spare Nina the same fate, Azelma arranges for the fledgling cat burglar to join the Guild of Thieves, thus earning her its leader's protection. Court law forbids guilds from interfering in each other's affairs, but that doesn't stop Nina from attempting to rescue Azelma or from plotting to thwart the Tiger when, six years later, he sets his sights on Cosette, Th nardier's 12-year-old ward. Vividly sketched characters, high stakes, and a harrowing plot distinguish Grant's tale, which champions justice and found family while opposing human trafficking. Nina's tender relationship with Cosette offsets the story's brutality, and her flirtations with a merciless assassin, a passionate revolutionary, and others inject humor and romance. Ages 14 up.