# Please identify this vaguely-remembered book for me
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-vaguely-remembered-book-for-me/625631
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [June 19, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-vaguely-remembered-book-for-me/625631 "2012-06-19T11:09:42Z")
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### Author:  [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-vaguely-remembered-book-for-me/625631/1 "2012-06-19T11:09:42Z")
It’s a fantasy book, with magic etc but it starts off in what appears to be the British Raj. I think the protagonist is female, as is the author.
As I recall it had a good start as you began to realise that this was actually an alternate Earth, then faded somewhat.
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### Author:  [@Reno\_Nevada](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reno_Nevada)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-vaguely-remembered-book-for-me/625631/2 "2012-06-19T14:32:46Z")
My guess is [The Blue Sword](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Sword)by Robin McKinley.
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### Author:  [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-vaguely-remembered-book-for-me/625631/3 "2012-06-19T14:59:34Z")
That’s the one. Thank you.
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### Author:  [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2012, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-identify-this-vaguely-remembered-book-for-me/625631/4 "2012-06-19T15:34:04Z")
_The Hero and the Crown_, in the same world but much earlier, is better.