![]() ![]() The former focus, which was on the lost prince, didn't seem to carry itself so well. ![]() Once Nausicaa finds Aethon, the story picks up a bit, and the storyline revolves more around the problem of the suitors. Nothing of importance happens at first, and the story takes a long while to get started. I was so looking forward to returning to his world of Ancient kingdoms, complete with complex politics and plots and intrigues and alliances. I love Robert Graves, and "I, Claudius" is one of my favorite books. Nausicaa, relying on her wits, schemes for a way to get out of marriage without angering her suitors, while finding solace in bard's tales of Odysseus and the discovery of a mysterious shipwrecked man named Aethon. To even further the chaos, the king has impulsively embarked on a journey to find his lost son. ![]() Both her new status and her beauty have encouraged countless men to swarm the palace, all competing for Nausicaa's affection and her hand in marriage. The kingdom's crown prince has disappeared while on a voyage at sea, and is now presumed dead, leaving the Princess Nausicaa next in line for the throne. On the island of Sicily in the Ancient Greek empire, order has been overthrown. ![]()
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