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Chrysanthe by Meynard, Yves is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Chrysanthe about?
Christine, the princess and heir to the real world of Chrysanthe, is kidnapped as a small child by a powerfulmagician and exiled in a Made World that is a version of our present reality. In exile, supervised by her strict "uncle"(actually a wizard in disguise),she undergoes bogus memory recovery therapy, through which she is forced to remember childhood rape and abuse by her parents and others. She is terribly stunted emotionally by this terrifying plot, butat seventeen discovers it is all a lie.Christine escapes with a rescuer, Sir Quentin, a knightfrom Chrysanthe, in a thrilling chase across realities. Once home, the magicalstandoff caused by her exile is broken, and a war begins, in spite of the best efforts of her father, the king, and his wizard, Melogian. And that war, which takes up nearly the last third of the work, is a marvel of magical invention and terror, a battle between good and evil forces that resounds with echoes of the great battles of fantasy literature.
Who reads Chrysanthe?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Meynard, Yves
- Publisher
- Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780765330260
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
- Rating
- 2.71 / 5 (86 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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