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The Lady and the Unicorn

by Tracy Chevalier

ISBN: 0525947671
ISBN-13: 9780525947677
Format: Hardcover

Summary

Taking as her inspiration the famous "Lady and the Unicorn" tapestries (which date from the 16th century), Tracy Chevalier writes a deeply researched historical novel about their creation, going into the minds and lives of the men who designed and executed the tapestries as well as the into the events of the time.

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"THE LADY AND THE UNICORN lacks the rarefied elegance and the striving after perfection of the tapestries that inspired it. Instead, without coyness, it presents a spirited tableau of a distant age."    -- Matthew Dennison

   -- Times Literary Supplement

"A delightful historical....Marvelously imagined and sharply constructed, with a good feel for the people and the era...."

   -- Kirkus

"Chevalier's technical skills are also evident as she unobtrusively threads into the narrative a good deal of historically evocative material about weaving. These details enrich a novel notable for its human warmth, expressed most movingly...."    -- Wendy Smith

   -- New York Times Book Review

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Published date: 2004
Size: 6.25 x 8 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
Pages: 250

Publisher's Notes

Interweaving historical fact with fiction, this richly textured novel by the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring explores the mystery behind the creation of the remarkable Lady and the Unicorn tapestries, woven at the end of the fifteenth century, which today hang in the Cluny Museum in Paris.

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