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Every Inch a King

Author	Harry Turtledove
Cover artist	Bob Eggleton
Language	English
Genre	Fantasy
Publication date	November 11, 2005
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardcover & paperback)
Pages	314 pp.
ISBN	0-9759156-1-4

Every Inch a King is a 2005 fantasy novel by Harry Turtledove, published by ISFiC Press. It is a fictional account of the story of Otto Witte, who allegedly spent five days pretending to be the King of Albania. The title is a quotation from Shakespeare's King Lear, Act IV scene 6, wherein the insane King, crowned with weeds, makes futile assertions of his now usurped power.

Plot

The book centers around Otto of Schlepsig, a circus performer and tightrope walker, who is surprised to learn that he's an almost dead-ringer for Prince Halim Eddin, recently invited to become king the newly independent country of Shqiperi. Fed up with his life in the circus, Otto, and his friend, the sword swallower Max of Witte, get some uniforms and set out to take the Prince's place as King of Shqiperi.

Setting

The book takes place in a fictional version of the Balkans, between the First Balkan War and the Second Balkan War. All the countries mentioned there have real world analogues (i.e.: Hassocki Empire = Ottoman Empire, Lokris = Greece, Shqiperi = Albania). Magic is predominant in the land and fills the same roles technology does in our world. It is also worth noting that the names given to the analogous countries all have some basis in reality. For instance, Shqiperi is the Albanian name for Albania, Poland is named after Gdańsk, a city in northern Poland, the United States is Vespucciland after Amerigo Vespucci, Greece is named after the ancient region of Locris, etc.

The politics of the world are almost the same as our own, as well, right down to having analogues of Catholic Christianity, Eastern Orthodox Christianity, and Islam.

Reception

Publishers Weekly praised the novel as a "fun romp", but observed its "lack of suspense", and noted that in terms of style, Turtledove is "no Terry Pratchett".^[1]

References

^ Every Inch a King, reviewed in Publishers Weekly; published January 1, 2007; retrieved July 3, 2021

Works by Harry Turtledove

Videssos

Videssos cycle	The Misplaced Legion An Emperor for the Legion The Legion of Videssos The Swords of the Legion
The Tale of Krispos	Krispos Rising Krispos of Videssos Krispos the Emperor
Time of Troubles	The Stolen Throne Hammer and Anvil The Thousand Cities Videssos Besieged
The Bridge of the Separator

The Race or
Worldwar

Worldwar	In the Balance Tilting the Balance Upsetting the Balance Striking the Balance
Colonization	Second Contact Down to Earth Aftershocks
Homeward Bound

Southern Victory
a.k.a. Timeline-191

Second Mexican War	How Few Remain
Great War	American Front Walk in Hell Breakthroughs
American Empire	Blood and Iron The Center Cannot Hold The Victorious Opposition
Settling Accounts	Return Engagement Drive to the East The Grapple In at the Death

Darkness a.k.a. World at War

War Between the Provinces

Hellenic Traders

Crosstime Traffic

Days of Infamy

Days of Infamy
End of the Beginning

Scepter of Mercy

Opening of the World

Atlantis

The War That Came Early

Supervolcano

The Hot War

State of Jefferson Stories
and Three Men and...Stories

Alternate Generals

Non-series books

Short stories

"A Massachusetts Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
"Election Day"
"Getting Real"
"The House That George Built"
"Joe Steele"
"Lee at the Alamo"
"Liberating Alaska"
"The Last Article"
"Powerless"
"The Road Not Taken"
"Topanga and the Chatsworth Lancers"
"Uncle Alf"
"Vilcabamba"
"Zigeuner"

Short story collections

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