Beyond the Book: Background information when reading Eldest

Name: Eldest
Rating: 4.3 (59 reviews)
Author: Christopher Paolini
ISBN: 9780375826702

Eldest

Inheritance, Book II

by Christopher Paolini

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First Published:
Aug 1, 2005, 704 pages

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Mar 2007, 704 pages

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Paolini says that the top three authors who influenced him were Anne McCaffrey, Ursula K. LeGuin and Raymond Feist (with Feist's novel Magician making a particularly strong impact on him). Read more about Paolini at BookBrowse.

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