Bitterbynde
Encyclopedia
The Bitterbynde is a fantasy trilogy by Australian writer Cecilia Dart-Thornton
. It comprises The Ill-Made Mute
, The Lady of the Sorrows
, and The Battle of Evernight
.
In the first book of the trilogy, the story is about a mute with no memory whose face is deformed due to a poisonous plant. The mute is trying to find a cure against the poisoning, a name and lost memory.
In the second book of the trilogy, the mute, now having found a cure, able to talk and known as Rohain, lives in the royal court.
A 'Bitterbynde' refers to an unbreakable promise or oath.
Cecilia Dart-Thornton
Cecilia Dart-Thornton is an Australian author of fantasy novels, most notably the Bitterbynde Trilogy.-Biography:Cecilia Dart-Thornton was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, graduating from Monash University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. She became a schoolteacher before...
. It comprises The Ill-Made Mute
The Ill-Made Mute
The Ill-Made Mute is a fantasy novel written by Australian author Cecilia Dart-Thornton. It was first published in 2001, and it was the first in the Bitterbynde Trilogy. The two other books are The Lady of Sorrows and The Battle of Evernight.- Plot summary :...
, The Lady of the Sorrows
The Lady of the Sorrows
The Lady of the Sorrows is the second book in The Bitterbynde Trilogy. It is preceded by The Ill-Made Mute and followed by the last book in the trilogy, The Battle of Evernight, which closes the trilogy.- Plot summary :...
, and The Battle of Evernight
The Battle of Evernight
The Battle of Evernight is a fantasy novel by Cecilia Dart-Thornton, published in 2003 by Warner Aspect, a division of Time Warner U.S.A., Pan Macmillan U.K., , , Luitingh-Sijthoff, Netherlands, Pipe Verlag, Germany and A.S.T. Publishing, Russia.. It is the third novel in the Bitterbynde trilogy...
.
In the first book of the trilogy, the story is about a mute with no memory whose face is deformed due to a poisonous plant. The mute is trying to find a cure against the poisoning, a name and lost memory.
In the second book of the trilogy, the mute, now having found a cure, able to talk and known as Rohain, lives in the royal court.
A 'Bitterbynde' refers to an unbreakable promise or oath.