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How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It
How to Rule an Empire and Get Away with It | K. J. Parker
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"Full of invention and ingenuity . . . Great fun." - SFX on Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City This is the history of how the City was saved, by Notker the professional liar, written down because eventually the truth always seeps through. The City may be under siege, but everyone still has to make a living. Take Notker, the acclaimed playwright, actor, and impresario. Nobody works harder, even when he's not working. Thankfully, it turns out that people enjoy the theater just as much when there are big rocks falling out of the sky. But Notker is a man of many talents, and all the world is, apparently, a stage. It seems that the empire needs him -- or someone who looks a lot like him -- for a role that will call for the performance of a lifetime. At least it will guarantee fame, fortune, and immortality. If it doesn't kill him first. In the follow up to the acclaimed Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City, K. J. Parker has created one of fantasy's greatest heroes, and he might even get away with it. For more from K. J. Parker, check out:Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City The Two of SwordsThe Two of Swords: Volume OneThe Two of Swords Volume TwoThe Two of Swords: Volume Three The Fencer TrilogyColours in the SteelThe Belly of the BowThe Proof House The Scavenger TrilogyShadowPatternMemory Engineer TrilogyDevices and DesiresEvil for EvilThe EscapementThe CompanyThe Folding KnifeThe HammerSharps
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Weisubei
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Matcha Latte and A Book, my kinda breakfast 🥰🥰

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julesG
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Second book of The Siege.

This time an actor has to impersonate the emperor. Instead of being the puppet of a small group of politicians, this imposter has ideas of his own how to rule an empire.

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magicalshelves
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My current read. A friend got this for me because of my love of the Renaissance Faire. Hoping it proves to be as funny as the blurb sounds!

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Weisubei The first book is amazing and funny 🤩🤩 3y
magicalshelves @Weisubei I am hoping I can enjoy this one without having to read the first book. 😬 (edited) 3y
Weisubei I think they are continual story with totally different main characters. 3y
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ctboeheim

I tend to think of the past as compost; drifts of dead yesterdays rotting down into a fine mulch, in which all sorts of weeds germinate, sprout and flourish.
- The actor Notker

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ctboeheim
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In the sequel to “Sixteen Ways to Defend a Walled City,“ it is five years later and the City is still under siege. It has become a way of life, even the subject of plays. One night Notker, an actor and avowedly NOT a playwright, is drafted to play the part of the ruler of the City, who is most inconveniently dead. Once he takes up the part, he finds it hard to let go.
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ctboeheim Notker is the ultimate unreliable narrator. He tells lies for a living. He's a disappointment to his mother (“She wanted me to be a murderer and an extortionist, like my father.“) And he knows the power of narrative (“Rumour is the ultimate oyster, building layer upon layer of glittering shiny stuff round a tiny speck of fact.“) In the end, he gets so wound up in giving everyone what they want, he almost forgets what he wants. Almost. 3y
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IftyZaidi
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Another book haul. Which would you recommend I start with?

Weisubei Poppy war!! 4y
Nute Yay! R. F. Kuang! 4y
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