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from the dust jacket: A tour-de-force of history and imagination, The Lady and the Unicorn is Tracy Chevalier's answer to the mystery behind one of the art world's great masterpieces. A set of bewildering medieval tapestries hangs today in a protected chamber in Paris. They appear to portray a woman's seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown -- until now. Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house -- mother and daughter, servant and lady-in-waiting -- before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven. There, master-weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has on finishing the tapestries -- his finest, most intricate work -- on time for his exacting French client. Ill-prepared for the temptation and seduction, he and his family are consumed by the project and their dealings with the full-blooded painter from Paris. The results change all their lives -- lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look. In The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier weaves fact and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry -- an extraordinary story exquisitely told. published 2004, 250 pages, hardcover This is a hardcover but a relatively light one -- about 15 oz./425g. At the moment I could really use a reader in the US or Canada willing to ship internationally but anyone is welcome. Send me a PM (dospescados) or e-mail with your BC name and shipping preferences if you're interested. Happy reading! Lisa -- _______________________________________________ Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. -Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 Have you told a friend today? http://bookcrossing.com/tellafriend Archives and email list settings: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/BookCrossing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
