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	Review: When the King Comes Home, Caroline Stevermer
		We hear directly from Hail-as-elderly-narrator in the introduction and conclusion of the story, and in interludes discussing the changes in her city.
		Stevermer handles very well the transition between the elderly Hail and the Hail of the plot, who is a teenager studying art in Aravis, the capital of the Lidian Empire.
		All her life, Hail had heard the phrase "When the king comes home"; it originated in the belief that the remains of King Julian the Fourth, Good King Julian, may not have been brought back from the Austrian Empire when he died two hundred years ago.
	www.steelypips.org /reviews/whenking.html (747 words)

	Ghost Signs - When The King Comes Home (A College of Magics) by Caroline Stevermer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Readers of Stevermer's "A College of Magics" will recognize some of the place names, but this book takes off on its own with the very likeable Hail Rosmer and her fellow apprentices.
		Stevermer has painted a picture of the life of her main character.
		But for the rest of us, Caroline Stevermer has given us a rich world full of memorable characters, and my only disappointment is that the book was too short.
	www.ghostsigns.com /item-0812589815.htm (1005 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on When the King Comes Home by Caroline Stevermer, ISBN 0312872143 at Epinions.com
		Caroline Stevermer has created a most wonderous land in her 2000 novel When the King Comes Home.
		Stevermer writes as if she was from an era past...
		Stevermer makes it so that you believe all these things, rather than you having to suspend disbelief.
	www.epinions.com /content_115281202820 (689 words)

	Amazon.com: A College of Magics (A College of Magics): Books: Caroline Stevermer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One wishes Stevermer (The Serpent's Egg) had described the particulars of this elevation, but in fact this narrative is weighted more toward romance than to conventional fantasy.
		Stevermer in her ability to so replicate the disjointedness of Eduardian literature - the attempt to show life as it is and not as it ought to be - however the result is a strangely concocted novel that never quite comes together as a whole.
		Stevermer's dialogue doesn't sound like real people; it's stiff and slow-paced and often more formal than it needs to be.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0765342456?v=glance (3270 words)

	Amazon.com: A Scholar of Magics (A College of Magics): Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		And Stevermer is fast rising to a place in fantasy comparable to that of prolific fantasist for children and adults Diana Wynne-Jones.
		I would be interested in reading more about why she chose to use quotations from the play that she did and how it sparked her imagination to take the novel in the direction that it did.
		Like Stevermer's earlier book 'A College of Magics' this is set in the early 20th century in a parallel universe where magic is part of everyday life.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0765303086?v=glance (2168 words)

	Caroline Stevermer and Patricia C. Wrede page
		I heard from a friend of Caroline's this past week that Delia Sherman, Caroline's editor, has given her a February deadline to finish final changes to the manuscript of A Scholar of Magics.
		Caroline Stevermer, author of River Rats and several other novels, including her latest book, When the King Comes Home.
		Left to right: Caroline is pictured on a panel discussion at Minicon 1999 along with a panelist I don't recognize, (I believe he is an editor and writer), Lois McMaster Bujold and Steve Brust.
	www.tc.umn.edu /~d-lena/Stevermer%20page.html (3025 words)

	When the King Comes Home: Caroline Stevermer [Review © T. Brown, 2001] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Hail's ambition is to be a great artist, and this is a world in which many of the great artists have been women.
		Stevermer builds up character and setting for a quarter of the book before the story truly begins.
		The narrator is an older, wiser Hail, looking back to her youth and the great lesson she learnt: a lesson that may be wasted on the inattentive reader, so delicately is it imparted.
	www.avnet.co.uk /amaranth/Critic/stever1.htm (451 words)

	The Grand Tour : Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including Extracts from ...
		I was left wondering if Wrede, who wrote Cecy's view point, was working on another project at the time and composed a "deposition" as opposed to a diary so as not to have to give it too much thought.
		Stevermer does a bit better by Kate - her relationship with Thomas is explored a bit.
		Kate's character is also fleshed out - unfortunately, she seems completely different from the spunky heroine who told off her Aunt Charlotte at the end of S. and C. Here she comes off as rather timid and insecure.
	www.drive-fly.com /flydrive-015204616X.html (1108 words)

	Amazon.com: The Grand Tour : Being a Revelation of Matters of High Confidentiality and Greatest Importance, Including ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In this elegant, old-fashioned rambler, a sequel to the historical fantasy Sorcery and Cecilia, a party of five Brits (three of them are wizards)--Kate and Thomas Schofield, Cecy and James Tarleton, and Lady Sylvia--takes a "grand tour" of 19th-century Europe.
		Well, Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer have written a witty and amusing reprise of _Sorcery and Cecilia_ (aka _The Enchanted Chocolate Pot_), but in my opinion it's not quite up to the caliber of the first book.
		Caroline Stevermer, also, can do much better -- she's a much slower and more meditative writer, but her imaginative inventions are dazzling, her people are fascinating, and her latest, _A Scholar of Magics_, is every bit as far-flung, eminently logical, and imaginatively mystical as her first book, _A College of Magics_.
	amazonmembers.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/015204616X?v=glance (2301 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: Sorcery and Cecelia
		Caroline Stevermer grew up in Minnesota and graduated from Bryn Mawr College.
		Publishers, very wisely, have jumped at this opportunity to re-publish some of the best of these books, out of print for some time and all but forgotten.
		We've seen such works as Prince Ombra by Roderick MacLeish, Dogland by Will Shetterley, and A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer reprinted and marketed for young readers and now we may add to this prestigious list Sorcery and Cecelia by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer.
	www.sfsite.com /07a/sc155.htm (765 words)

	The SF Site Featured Review: The Grand Tour
		Back in 1988, Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer published a paperback original novel that originated in a "letter game" the two played.
		(The others being Stevermer's fine solo novel A Scholar of Magics and Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell.) Of these it is undoubtedly the lightest in tone, but that is no complaint, simply a reflection of its intentions.
		In Sorcery and Cecelia two cousins in Regency England, Kate and Cecy, exchanged letters which told of their romances, and of certain magical difficulties, to do with Cecelia's apparent latent sorcerous abilities, with Kate's intended's own such abilities, and with a nasty villain wizard who wishes to grab more power for himself.
	www.sfsite.com /03a/gt195.htm (694 words)

	Caroline Stevermer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Caroline Stevermer is a very unusual writer, and I'd like to see more of her.
		Stevermer also co-wrote Sorcery and Cecelia with Patricia C. Wrede.
		This is her latest novel, and I'm sorry to say that I couldn't even really finish it.
	angelfire.com /ca2/ladyailanna/cstevermer.html (273 words)

	A Scholar of Magics (A College of Magics) \| By - Caroline Stevermer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		But Stevermer's clever writing and unsurpassed sense of place still makes this a worthwhile read.
		Furthermore, the creepy insane asylum of St. Hubert's, where part of the book takes place, is imaginative, well written, and quite disturbing -- Stevermer is much better at obscure psychological horror than I would have expected given her past work.
		But I was moved to write this review to correct a previous one that said this "hilarious" book has to do with a dopey married magician, a chocolate pot, and adventures on the Continent.
	www.cellartastings.com /en/bookshop/0765303086.html (645 words)

	Caroline Stevermer, When The King Comes Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This was a fun read, much like Stevermer's previous book, A College of Magics.
		The characters are believable and captivating, and the story never really loses track of where it's going.
		Pick this book up to see why Emma Bull says it 'delivers you to the deepest of mysteries' and Ellen Kushner says it's 'the best fantasy I've read in ages!' I wholly agree.
	www.greenmanreview.com /whenthekingcomeshome.html (616 words)

	Very Unnecessary: Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Very Unnecessary: Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
		Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot
		This has finally been rereleased to coincide with the publication of a sequel after I've spent three or four years hearing about it from numerous people.
	www.veryunnecessary.com /archives/000159.html (397 words)

	Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff - A Sunday evening "Barbeque Season" Review - "The Grand Tour"
		Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer's Sorcery and Cecelia is a delightful read, mixing Georgette Heyer-style Regency romance with a plot involving mystery, magic and derring do, all wrapped up in the correspondance between two cousins.
		It's been a good few years since we first met Cecy and Kate, and at last Wrede and Stevermer are ready to take us back to their world of magic, adventure and romance.
		Building on their earlier works, Wrede and Stevermer also use the story to expound on the basis of the scientific magic in a world exploring the benefits of the Age of Reason.
	www.livejournal.com /users/sbisson/380190.html (438 words)

	Technology, Books and Other Neat Stuff - The Friday Afternoon "That's Teh-uh-tim-eh" Reivew: When The King Comes Home
		In Caroline Stevermer's kingdom of Aravis, people think back to the reign of the Good King Julian, and say "when the King comes home" shake there heads and walk on by.
		As Hail stumbles into plot after plot, she finds herself witness to the return of the King - and her obsession with the long-dead artist Maspero the only key to releasing the enslaved souls.
		Stevermer writes with an eloquent ease, bringing the self-obsessed Hail to life in a few brief paragraphs.
	www.livejournal.com /users/sbisson/89646.html (464 words)

	Rambles: Patricia Wrede & Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery & Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		It's co-written by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer, and it was originally published in 1988.
		In the course of their correspondence, they find that they are both knee-deep in a magical mystery concerning the Marquis of Scofield, an ill-tempered witch who tries to poison Kate with hot chocolate, the chocolate pot, a gaudy snuff box and an aristocratic wizard who may or may not be up to no good.
		In fact, the whole novel is the result of a writing exercise called the "Letters Game" in which each correspondent makes up a character and writes each letter as if she were that character.
	www.rambles.net /wrede_sorcery88.html (311 words)

	City Pages - Between Planets
		Caroline Stevermer: Her "fantasy of manners," A College of Magics, is at once an alternative history of Europe, circa 1900, with magic and extra countries; a women's college cosy; a queasy adventure; and a topsy-turvy romance.
		The epistolary novel, Sorcery and Cecelia, or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot, written with Stevermer, was re-published in '03, and a sequel, The Grand Tour, is expected before the year is out.
		CP: All of you do unexpected things with romance--for instance, Caroline sneakily sticks her hunky love interest into the body of a fat old king, in College of Magics.
	citypages.com /databank/25/1225/article12152.asp (5311 words)

	Caroline Stevermer - Home
		No, I don't mean that, utterly, but kill the most of them -- then the rest will be valuable."
		Caroline Stevermer grew up miles from anywhere on a dairy farm in southeastern Minnesota.
		After high school, she attended Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania, where she earned a B.A. degree in the history of art.
	members.authorsguild.net /carolinestev (166 words)

	The Serpent's Egg (Caroline Stevermer) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A very elusive book, The Serpent's Egg is also a rare delight to all who may find it.
		Stevermer has filled this book with a mysterious object called The Serpent's Egg with strange powers, a murdered hero, an evil duke, and a group of conspirators trying to warn the queen against the duke.
		Also try Stevermer and Wrede's Sorcery and Cecelia, and Stevermer's A College of Magics for more quasi-historical fantasy.
	www.interference.com /webstore/us/product/0441759122.htm (197 words)

	NPR : Adventures to Read All Through the Summer
		The book by Patricia C. Wrede and Caroline Stevermer tells of two cousins in 1817 England.
		After receiving a mysterious message from her father, Sabriel must head out on an adventure of her own.
		Two cousins, one living in the country and the other in London, begin writing letters to each other in 1817.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=4646599&sourceCode=RSS (1001 words)

	ALL ABOUT ROMANCE (novels) reviews A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		ALL ABOUT ROMANCE (novels) reviews A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer
		Caroline Stevermer, 2002 reissue of 1994 release, Young Adult Fantasy Fiction
		We meet Faris Nallaneen, the gawky eighteen-year-old duchess of Galazon, just as she arrives as a new student at Greenlaw College, a finishing school in northern France.
	www.likesbooks.com /jenny243.html (947 words)

	A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer, ISBN 0765342456 And The Analects by Confucius, ISBN 0192839209 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer, ISBN 0765342456 And The Analects by Confucius, ISBN 0192839209
		A College of Magics by Caroline Stevermer, ISBN 0765342456
		Faris Nallaneen hopes to use the magic she learns at the College of Greenlaw to force her despotic uncle to give up control of the Dukedom of Galazon.
	baldingerlighting.com /magics.htm (125 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: A Scholar of Magics: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Like Caroline Stevermer's earlier book 'A College of Magics' this is set in the Edwardian era in a parallel universe where magic is part of everyday life.
		Samuel Lambert, a sharpshooter from Wyoming, is staying at Glasscastle University,(Glastonbury?) a very exclusive establishment which teaches magic to young men of the right sort of background.
		Customers who bought books by Caroline Stevermer also bought books by these authors:
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/0765303086 (516 words)

	Patricia C. Wrede,Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Patricia C. Wrede,Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in Lond Prices
		Patricia C. Wrede,Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery and Cecelia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in Lond Reviews
		Patricia C. Wrede,Caroline Stevermer, Sorcery And Cecelia Or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being The Correspondence Of Two Young Ladies Of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals In Lond
	www.reviewcentre.com /reviews27914.html (206 words)

	Romantic SF & Fantasy Novels \| Weblog Entry - 04/08/2004: "Caroline Stevermer's A SCHOLAR OF MAGICS -- Suzanne"
		Weblog Entry - 04/08/2004: "Caroline Stevermer's A SCHOLAR OF MAGICS -- Suzanne"
		This delightful book is set in the same world as A COLLEGE OF MAGICS, but can be read as a stand-alone.
		I highly recommend this little gem, and am greatly anticipating Stevermer's next book.
	www.romanticsf.com /news/00000207.shtml (465 words)

	Review of A SCHOLAR OF MAGICS by Caroline Stevermer
		The Titanic is still setting speed records as it crosses the North Atlantic, the sun never sets on the British Empire, and the mages of Glasscastle University chant their wards and protect themselves and everyone nearby from evil.
		Because the new warden is Lambert's roommate, the two form an uneasy alliance.
		Author Caroline Stevermer (see more BooksForABuck.com reviews of novels by Stevermer) puts her emphasis on world-building and the subtle interplay between characters.
	www.booksforabuck.com /sfpages/sf_04/scholar_magics.html (393 words)

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