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pdf | 6.84 MB | English | Isbn:‎ 006039384X | Author: Gregory Maguire | Year: 2009

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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 -- 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,     Mirror Mirror     gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White -- and has a truth and beauty all its own.

Category:Contemporary Fantasy Fiction, Fairy Tales, Read & Listen for Less