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Mirror Mirror

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Set in Renaissance Italy in 1502, Mirror Mirror is a rich retelling of the Snow White story. Seven-year-old Blanca de Nevada lives on her father Don Vicente's farm, Monteflore, surrounded by the rolling hills of Tuscany and Umbria. When the notorious Borgias arrive, Don Vicente is sent on a perilous quest, leaving Blanca under the care of the vain Lucrezia Borgia. Threatened with a dark fate in the woods below, Blanca's story unfolds with both danger and salvation entwined in this lyrical and imaginative reworking of the classic fairy tale.
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Ideal for readers who enjoy historical fiction, fairy tale retellings, and richly atmospheric narratives set in Renaissance Europe. Fans of Gregory Maguire's Wicked will find much to appreciate in this imaginative and lyrical novel.

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New from the bestselling author of "Wicked" comes a retelling of the Snow White story set in Renaissance Italy.

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A retelling of the Snow White story set in Renaissance Italy. The world was called Montefiore, as far as she knew, and from her aerie on every side all the world descended.

The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Blanca 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.

There she spends her days cosseted by Primavera Vecchia, the earthy cook, and Fra Ludovico, a priest who tends to their souls between bites of ham and sips of wine. 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 to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, he leaves Blanca 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, there can be found salvation 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.

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"A brilliant achievement." -- Boston Herald

"Wildly inventive... Maguire refreshes his source material capably... Every bit as good as Wicked: wicked good, in fact." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780060988654

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 28 September 2004

Country: United States

Imprint: ReganBooks

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 160.0mm

Height: 235.0mm

Weight: 450g

Pages: 320

About the Author

Gregory Maguire's first three novels, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Lost have all appeared on bestseller lists worldwide and have earned him high praise and a solid literary readership. Wicked is the basis of the Broadway play of the same name.

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