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0 I II III IV V VI VII
VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV

Chapters
Lightnings
1 High Chasaline
2 The Butcher's Yard
3 Hill of the Golden Dawn
4 Into Cairhien
5 A Broken Crown
6 Old Fear, and New Fear
7 Pitfalls and Tripwires
8 The Figurehead
9 A Pair of Silverpike
10 Unseen Eyes
11 An Oath
12 A Morning of Victory
13 The Bowl of the Winds
14 White Plumes
15 Insects
16 A Touch on the Cheek
17 The Triumph of Logic
18 As the Plow Breaks the Earth
19 Diamonds and Stars
20 Patterns Within Patterns
21 Swovan Night
22 Small Sacrifices
23 Next Door to a Weaver
24 The Kin
25 Mindtrap
26 The Irrevocable Words
27 To Be Alone
28 Bread and Cheese
29 The Festival of Birds
30 The First Cup
31 Mashiara
32 Sealed to the Flame
33 A Bath
34 Ta'veren
35 Into the Woods
36 Blades
37 A Note from the Palace
38 Six Stories
39 Promises to Keep
40 Spears
41 A Crown of Swords


A Crown of Swords (abbreviated as aCoS by fans) is the seventh book of The Wheel of Time. It was published by Tor Books and released on May 15, 1996. It is 880 pages long.

Plot summary

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ACOS book cover

A Crown of Swords has three primary plotlines:


E-Book

ACoS ebook cover

E-book cover

The e-book of A Crown of Swords was released on April 20th, 2010. The cover, created by Mélanie Delon, depicts Lan saving Nynaeve from drowning. The new e-book cover released around March 2013 is created by Tyler Jacobson and depicts Rand's first meeting with Cadsuane Melaidhrin.

New A Crown of Swords cover

2nd ACoS e-book cover


Statistical Analysis

See also the full statistical analysis for this book.

A Crown of Swords consists of a prologue and forty-one chapters. These chapters are split up into thirty-one different points of view.

POV % Chapters
Matrim Cauthon 17.77% Ch14, 16, 53% of Ch17, 41% of Ch21, Ch28, 95% of Ch29, and Ch37 through 39
Egwene al'Vere 14.93% Ch 8 through 12
Perrin Aybara 14.00% Ch1 through 6, and Ch27
Rand al'Thor 12.62% Ch7, 18, 33, 34, and 97% of Ch41
Nynaeve al'Meara 6.07% 59% of Ch21, Ch23, 65% of Ch24, and 63% of Ch31
Min Farshaw 5.64% 26% of Ch19, Ch35, and 36
Elayne Trakand 4.24% Ch22, 73% of Ch30, and 37% of Ch31
Sevanna 3.67% 27% of the Prologue, 75% of Ch20 and 28% of Ch40
Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan 3.37% 33% of the Prologue, and 48% of Ch32
Morgase Trakand 2.95% Ch26
Aviendha 2.66% Ch13
Moghedien 1.71% Ch25, and 27% of Ch30
Merana Ambrey 1.39% 67% of Ch19
Jaichim Carridin 1.17% Ch15
Seaine Herimon 1.12% 49% of Ch32
Galina Casban 0.93% 42% of Ch40
Alviarin Freidhen 0.88% 12% of the Prologue, and 3% of Ch32
Pedron Niall 0.80% 12% of the Prologue
Gawyn Trakand 0.68% 10% of the Prologue
Joline Maza 0.53% 21% of Ch17
Reanne Corly 0.53% 35% of Ch24, and 5% of Ch29
Falion Bhoda 0.51% 21% of Ch17
Maeric 0.39% 18% of Ch40
Moridin 0.39% 25% of Ch20
Eamon Valda 0.38% 5% of the Prologue
Graendal 0.19% 8% of Ch40
Cadsuane Melaidhrin 0.15% 7% of Ch19
Noal Charin 0.11% 5% of Ch17
Narrator 0.08% 2% of Ch41
Shaidar Haran 0.08% 4% of Ch40
Quote 0.06% 1% of the Prologue, and 1% of Ch41

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