TY - BOOK AU - Carmean,Kelli TI - House of the Waterlily: a novel of the ancient Maya world SN - 9781785335501 AV - PS3603 .H687 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - New York PB - Berghahn Books KW - Mayas KW - Social life and customs KW - Fiction KW - Civilization KW - History KW - Electronic Books N1 - 1; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1""; ""Chapter 2""; ""Chapter 3""; ""Chapter 4""; ""Chapter 5""; ""Chapter 6""; ""Chapter 7""; ""Chapter 8""; ""Chapter 9""; ""Chapter 10""; ""Chapter 11""; ""Chapter 12""; ""Afterword""; ""Additional Resources""; ""Reading Response""; 2; b N2 - Set in the Maya civilization's Late Classic Period House of the Waterlily is a historical novel centered on Lady Winik, a young Maya royal. Through tribulations that mirror the political calamities of the Late Classic world, Winik's personal story immerses the reader not only in her daily life, but also in the difficult decisions Maya men and women must have faced as they tried to navigate a rapidly changing world. Kelli Carmean's novel brings to life a people and an era remote from our own, yet recognizably human all the same UR - httpss://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1491072&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -