An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom

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Summary

An Intimate History of the Greater Kingdom is the first serial novel from writer MeiLin Miranda, debuting in late February 2008. It is in the "story-in-story" form familiar from "The 1001 Arabian Nights," "The Decameron," "The Canterbury Tales," and countless other books over the centuries.

Premise: A naive young prince named Temmin is educated in the ruling family of Tremont's secret, or "intimate," history dating back a thousand years by a figure who alleges to have been a witness to the whole thing, The Teacher. The vehicle for the tales is The Book, a book covered in Tremontine red leather that is completely blank unless someone is telling a story from it. As the Teacher tells the story, the book at first forms words, then pictures, and then the listener is immersed in the book and sees it more like a film.

To date there are two completed books of the novel, The Tale of Two Kingdoms and The Queen Who Ruled by Herself. The next book started as of Christmas 2009 and is titled The Last Royal Mistress. Two proposed future stories are known by the working titles The Great Exhibition and The Story of the Arrow.