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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


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

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Plot summary[]

A Crown of Swords has three primary plotlines:

Illian[]

Rand al'Thor, the Dragon Reborn, prepares to attack the Forsaken Sammael in Illian while enjoying life with his lover, Min Farshaw, and attempting to quell the rebellion by nobles in Cairhien. He also establishes control of the Aes Sedai who vowed to serve him. In the end, Rand, accompanied by Asha'man, attacks Illian and defeats Sammael in a duel of the One Power in Shadar Logoth. Rand then takes the crown of Illian, formerly the Laurel Crown, but now called the Crown of Swords.

Salidar[]

Egwene al'Vere and Siuan Sanche attempt to manipulate the Aes Sedai rebels in Salidar to move against Elaida a'Roihan's Aes Sedai in the White Tower in Tar Valon. Lan Mandragoran is found, and Egwene sends him to help Nynaeve al'Meara in Ebou Dar.

Ebou Dar[]

In the city of Ebou Dar in Altara, Elayne Trakand, Nynaeve, and Mat Cauthon search for a ter'angreal, the Bowl of the Winds, to break the unnatural heat brought on by the Dark One's manipulation of climate. They are accompanied by Aviendha, Thom Merrilin, Juilin Sandar, and Birgitte Silverbow. They find it and enlist the help of the Kin and the Atha'an Miere, or Sea Folk. They also confront a gholam.

E-Book[]

ACoS ebook cover

E-book cover

The e-book of A Crown of Swords was released on April 20, 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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