Overview
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. 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 year's quest to reclaim a relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, 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 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.
Full Product Details
Author: Gregory Maguire
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Imprint: HarperCollins
Dimensions:
Width: 22.90cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 15.00cm
Weight: 0.330kg
ISBN: 9780061960567
ISBN 10: 006196056
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 16 November 2010
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Out of Print
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
Wildly inventive...Maguire refreshes his source material capably...Every bit as good as Wicked: wicked good, in fact. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
A brilliant achievement. --Boston Herald
A brilliant achievement. -- Boston Herald A brilliant achievement. --Boston Herald 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) 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)
Author Information
Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Now a beloved classic, Wicked is the basis for a blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.
