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''The Goblin Emperor'' is a 2014 fantasy novel written by the American author Sarah Monette under the pseudonym Katherine Addison. The novel received the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel and was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo and World Fantasy Awards. It was well received by critics, who noted the strength of the protagonist's characterization and, unusual for fantasy, the work's warm and understated tone. The book tells the story of Maia, a young man of mixed Elven and Goblin heritage, who unexpectedly becomes Emperor of the Elflands, and has to contend with the court's Byzantine power structure as well as racial and social tension in his realm. ==Synopsis== Maia, the only son of the fourth wife of the Emperor of the Elflands and of mixed Elven and Goblin heritage, unexpectedly ascends to the throne after his father and half-brothers are killed in an airship crash. Having been brought up, looked down upon by his father, in the household of an exiled, abusive cousin, the court is alien to him and his social awkwardness makes him struggle with his new responsibilities even more. In the course of the first few months of his reign, Maia agrees to marry the noblewoman Csethiro, is seized by a crush on the opera singer Vechin, is visited by his grandfather, the ruler of the Goblins, and slowly comes to terms with the loss of privacy that comes with being accompanied by bodyguards and retainers in every minute of his life. He survives an attempted coup by his half-brother's widow and his lord chancellor because his young cousin Idra refuses to usurp the throne; his investigation into the death of his father uncovers a conspiracy by disaffected noblemen that had been using a group of worker revolutionaries to kill the Emperor. The end of the novel sees Maia survive an assassination attempt by the conspiracy's ringleader, and push through a controversial project to bridge the realm's principal river. An epithet accorded to him by a courtier, "the bridgebuilder", represents his efforts to connect emotionally with the people surrounding him slowly coming to fruition. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Goblin Emperor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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