Description
Daughters of Destiny
by L. Frank Baum
Illustrated by Eric Shanower
5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ – 199 Pages – Hardcover
Danger, intrigue, and adventure await you in one of L. Frank Baum’s rarest works!
Daughters of Destiny unfolds in the Middle Eastern country of Baluchistan and is an exciting page-turner from start to finish. When a group of Americans travels to an ancient land of deserts and palaces, its members quickly become embroiled in a plot to steal the throne. Secrets and surprises abound as the characters risk their lives in a dangerous game of power, riches, and love.
Daughters of Destiny was originally published in 1906 by the Reilly and Britton Company under L. Frank Baum’s pseudonym Schuyler Staunton. It is one of only three of Baum’s novels written for adults. And it was written during one of Baum’s most creative and productive periods.
This handsome new Centennial Edition is limited to only 250 copies–each signed and numbered by illustrator Eric Shanower! This hardcover edition is bound in glossy full-color boards and also features the original frontispiece by Joseph Pierre Nuyttens prepared for the 1912 edition. Don’t wait to order your copy! Come join L. Frank Baum on an exotic trip to the middle-east of a hundred years ago!
