History Literature / TheGoldenDreamOfCarloChuchio

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* ArmsDealer: the slaver who captured Shira also sells arms to warlords along the way.

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* HonorBeforeReason: Subverted but not very well. The nomads manage to be convinced to throw away [[GoodOldWays centuries old customs]] just a wee bit to easily.

%%* LandOfOneCity: several

* PluckyComicRelief: Baksheesh
** Sometimes [[LovableCoward not so "plucky"]].

* {{Tomboy}}: Shira . Lloyd Alexander always has to have a HotBlooded {{Tomboy}}.

* YeGoodeOldeDays: Subverted. The setting is not presented as TheDungAges, mainly because it is intended to be LighterAndSofter in style; at least enough to be read by children. However, the cruelty of their world is made clear, even if it is often more implied then shown explicitly.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar : It is made clear without directly saying that Shira was intended as a SexSlave. Attempts are made, for instance, to buy Shira from her parents(before seizing her when they refuse), much like modern human traffickers.

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This is a book by Creator/LloydAlexander, author of the ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain''. Carlo, a good-for-nothing apprentice to his uncle, a merchant in an obviously medieval Italy-like city-state, finds a map in a mysterious book found in the city's BazaarOfTheBizarre. Deciding he does not want to be a merchant, he goes off in search of treasure. On the way he meets Shira, an innkeeper's daughter who is a runaway slave; Baksheesh, a lazy beggar turned caravaner, and Saloman, a mysterious old man who is WalkingTheEarth. The book follows their adventures along their journey in a mysterious land that is like the medieval [[UsefulNotes/TheSilkRoad Silk Road]]. Few things big happen along the journey; it is mostly a simple adventure tale. But it is done with imagination and love, and gives an insight into what Medieval travellers must have felt like.

* AllThatGlitters
* ArabianNightsDays

* BazaarOfTheBizarre

* CowardlySidekick: Baksheesh
* CrossingTheDesert

* GoodParents: Shira's parents.

* IntrepidMerchant: They meet a few of these.

* LandOfOneCity: several
* LovableCoward: Baksheesh

* MadeASlave: Shira
* MerchantCity: several

* TheQuest

* TrueCompanions: One of the main themes.
* {{Tsundere}} : Shira.

* WalkingTheEarth
* WellExcuseMePrincess: Shira.

* TheObiWan: Saloman

This is a book by Creator/LloydAlexander, author of the ''Literature/ChroniclesOfPrydain''. Carlo, a good-for-nothing apprentice to his uncle, a merchant in an obviously medieval Italy-like city-state, finds a map in a mysterious book found in the city's BazaarOfTheBizarre. Deciding he does not want to be a merchant, he goes off in search of treasure. On the way he meets Shira, an innkeeper's daughter who is a runaway slave; Baksheesh, a lazy beggar turned caravaner, and Saloman, a mysterious old man who is WalkingTheEarth. The book follows their adventures along their journey in a mysterious land that is like the medieval Silk Road. Few things big happen along the journey; it is mostly a simple adventure tale. But it is done with imagination and love, and gives an insight into what Medieval travellers must have felt like.

!! Tropes include:

* ShoutOut: There are a remarkable number of {{Shout Out}}s to the history and legends of the RealLife SilkRoad.

* WellExcuseMePrincess: Shira

This is a book by Creator/LloydAlexander, author of ''Literature/TheChroniclesOfPrydain''. Carlo, a good-for-nothing apprentice to his uncle, a merchant in an obviously medieval Italy-like city-state, finds a map in a mysterious book found in the city's BazaarOfTheBizarre. Deciding he does not want to be a merchant, he goes off in search of treasure. On the way he meets Shira, an innkeeper's daughter who is a runaway slave; Baksheesh, a lazy beggar turned caravaner, and Saloman, a mysterious old man who is WalkingTheEarth. The book follows their adventures along their journey in a mysterious land that is like the medieval Silk Road. Few things big happen along the journey; it is mostly a simple adventure tale. But it is done with imagination and love, and gives an insight into what Medieval travellers must have felt like.

This is a book by LloydAlexander, author of ''The Chronicles of Prydain''. Carlo, a good-for-nothing apprentice to his uncle, a merchant in an obviously medieval Italy-like city-state, finds a map in a mysterious book found in the city's BazaarOfTheBizarre. Deciding he does not want to be a merchant, he goes off in search of treasure. On the way he meets Shira, an innkeeper's daughter who is a runaway slave; Baksheesh, a lazy beggar turned caravaner, and Saloman, a mysterious old man who is WalkingTheEarth. The book follows their adventures along their journey in a mysterious land that is like the medieval Silk Road. Few things big happen along the journey; it is mostly a simple adventure tale. But it is done with imagination and love, and gives an insight into what Medieval travellers must have felt like.

Tropes include:

This is a book by LloydAlexander, author of ''The Prydain Chronicles''. Carlo, a good-for-nothing apprentice to his uncle, a merchant in an obviously medieval Italy-like city-state, finds a map in a mysterious book found in the city's BazaarOfTheBizarre. Deciding he does not want to be a merchant, he goes off in search of treasure. On the way he meets Shira, an innkeeper's daughter who is a runaway slave; Baksheesh, a lazy beggar turned caravaner, and Saloman, a mysterious old man who is WalkingTheEarth. The book follows their adventures along their journey in a mysterious land that is like the medieval Silk Road. Few things big happen along the journey; it is mostly a simple adventure tale. But it is done with imagination and love, and gives an insight into what Medieval travellers must have felt like.