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Apr 02, 2004 lian hearn studied modern languages at oxford university and worked as an arts editor in london before settling in australia. Across the nightingale floor lian hearn ebok 9780330477192. The books are categorized in the fantasygenre, and are recommended to young teens as well as mature readers. There are so many things about this series that i typically dont do. A tourdeforce novel set in ancient japan filled with passion, fantasy, and feuding warlords. Satisfied download across the nightingale floor tales of. The nightingale ebook by kristin hannah rakuten kobo. In his fortress at inuyama, the murderous warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. In his blackwalled fortress at inuyama, the warlord iida sadamu surveys his famous nightingale floor. A young man takeo whose entire village is wiped out by feudal warlord finds out that there is more to his parentage, and his talents, than he could have guessed. Topics book, war, history, france collection opensource language english. Download now the third title in the compelling tales of the otori the story that began with across the nightingale floor and grass for his pillow, brilliance of the moon by lian hearn is an epic tale of love, power and destiny, set in a mythical world inspired by feudal japan. The following are the main characters that appear in book one.