Song of the Lioness · Book 3
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man
- Published
- 1 January 1986
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN-13
- 9780807206072
- Type
- novel
About this book
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (1986) grows to 256 pages as Alanna's path toward becoming Tortall's first female knight in centuries continues, Tamora Pierce tracking both the physical training and the social struggle of a heroine who refuses to wait to be rescued.
Its place in Song of the Lioness
The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is book 3 in the Song of the Lioness series. It follows In the Hand of the Goddess. It is followed by Lioness Rampant. See the full Song of the Lioness reading order.
Song of the Lioness begins when ten-year-old Alanna of Trebond swaps places with her twin brother Thom, who wants to study sorcery at a temple instead of training for knighthood, and disguises herself as a boy -- 'Alan' -- to take his place as a royal page in Tortall's capital. Across four books she grows from an undersized, furious child determined to prove herself against boys twice her size into the kingdom's first female knight in centuries, her secret concealed for years even from Prince Jonathan, her fellow…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780807206072