Mirror Mirror Paperback - 2004

E-Book Extra: “Little Snow-White” by the Brothers Grimm (read the original version of the classic fairy tale)Think you know who's the fairest of them all? Think again. Bestselling re-imaginer of classic fairy tales sets the Snow White story in Renaissance Italy, where the madly vain Lucrezia Borgia plots a dire fate for seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada (a.k.a. Snow White).A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror is set in Renaissance Italy, where Gregory Maguire draws a connection between the poison apple in the original Snow White story and the Borgia family's well-known appetite for poisoning its foes.In Mirror Mirror Snow White is called Bianca de Nevada. She is born on a farm in Tuscany in 1495, and when she is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest to reclaim the relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, a branch bearing three living apples that are thousands of years old. Bianca is left in the care of her father's farm staff and the beautiful -- and madly vain -- Lucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. But Lucrecia becomes jealous of her lecherous brother's interest in the growing child and plots a dire fate for Bianca in the woods below the farm. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarves -- the creators of the magic mirror -- who await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own.In the evocative style of Maguire's earlier novels, Mirror Mirror is a fresh, compelling take on a beloved classic tale.

Details

• Title Mirror Mirror
• Author Gregory Maguire
• Binding Paperback
• Edition [ Edition: Repri
• Pages 283
• Volumes 1
• Language ENG
• Publisher William Morrow & Company, New York, New York, U.S.A.
• Date September 28, 2004
• Illustrated Yes
• Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
• ISBN 9780060988654 / 0060988657
• Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
• Dimensions 9.29 x 6.02 x 0.84 in (23.60 x 15.29 x 2.13 cm)
• Reading level 950
• Themes
  • Cultural Region: Italy
• Library of Congress subjects Italy, Fantasy fiction
• Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003046774
• Dewey Decimal Code FIC