{"product_id":"076533416x-valour_and_vanity","title":"Valour and Vanity","description":"\n\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed fantasist Mary Robinette Kowal has enchanted many fans with her beloved novels featuring a Regency setting in which magic―known here as glamour―is real. In \u003ci\u003eValour and Vanity,\u003c\/i\u003e master glamourists Jane and Vincent find themselves in the sort of a magical adventure that might result if Jane Austen wrote \u003ci\u003eOcean's Eleven\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Melody's wedding, the Ellsworths and Vincents accompany the young couple on their tour of the continent. Jane and Vincent plan to separate from the party and travel to Murano to study with glassblowers there, but their ship is set upon by Barbary corsairs while en route. It is their good fortune that they are not enslaved, but they lose everything to the pirates and arrive in Murano destitute.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJane and Vincent are helped by a kind local they meet en route, but Vincent is determined to become self-reliant and get their money back, and hatches a plan to do so. But when so many things are not what they seem, even the best laid plans conceal a few pitfalls. The ensuing adventure is a combination of the best parts of magical fantasy and heist novels, set against a glorious Regency backdrop.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCategories:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eScience Fiction \u0026amp; Fantasy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFantasy\u003cul class=\"category-tree\"\u003e\u003cli class=\"category-tree\"\u003eRomantic\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n","brand":"Tor Books","offers":[{"title":"Used - Very Good","offer_id":49014718726334,"sku":"076533416X-3","price":27.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0640\/9689\/5166\/files\/81rN3rt88kL.jpg?v=1789408627","url":"https:\/\/shop.sustainablebooks.com\/products\/076533416x-valour_and_vanity","provider":"Sustainable Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}