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Mirror Mirror

By Gregory Maguire

Mirror Mirror

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"Entertaining...profound....A novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain." -Christian Science Monitor The acclaimed author who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Land of Oz in his New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, offers a brilliant reinvention of the timeless Snow White fairy tale. Setting the story amid the cultural, political and artistic whirlwind of Renaissance Italy-and casting the notorious Lucrezia Borgia as the Evil Queen-Mirror Mirror will enthrall a wide array of book lovers ranging from adult fans of Harry Potter to readers of the sophisticated stories of Angela Carter. The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm - and the world comes to Montefiore. In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia - members of the infamous Borgia family and decadent children of a wicked pope - no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care - so to speak - of Lucrezia. She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest salvation can be found as well ... A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, this literary fairy tale retelling gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White - and has a truth and beauty all its own.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
283
Release Date:
2004-10-01
Publication Date:
2004-09-28
Publisher:
HarperCollins
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0060988657
ISBN13:
9780060988654
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
435 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
234 cm
Thickness:
19 cm
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