The Privilege of the Sword

Bantam 2006 edition; cover illustration by ?

Small Beer Press 2006 limited edition hardcover; cover illustration: Detail Showing Hand on Ornate Sword Hilt from "Portrait of Charles IX of France" by Francois Clouet.

The Privilege of the Sword is a 2006 novel by Ellen Kushner, a swashbuckling coming-of-age story about Katherine Talbert.

One of the Riverside series of books, and takes place after the events of Swordspoint.

Dedication

"This book is for Delia and always was"

Editions

• Bantam, 2006, ISBN 0-553-38268-3
• Small Beer Press, 2006, limited edition hardcover; ISBN 1931520208 (see LCRW for more info)

Awards

• 2006 Tiptree honor list