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008    130925s2004    nyu     s     000 1 eng d 
020    9781101213186|q(electronic bk) 
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100 1  Chevalier, Tracy, |eauthor 
245 14 The lady and the unicorn :|bA Novel /|cTracy Chevalier. 
264  1 |c2004. 
300    1 online resource 
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520    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 masterpieceśђؤa set 
       of bewitching medieval tapestries that hangs today in the 
       Cluny Museum in Paris. They appear to portray the 
       seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making 
       is unknowńђؤuntil 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 
       houséђؤmother and daughter, servant, and lady-in-
       waitinǵђؤbefore 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 to finish the tapestrieśђؤhis finest, most intricate 
       worḱђؤon time for his exacting French client. The results
       change all their liveśђؤlives 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 tapestrýђؤan extraordinary story exquisitely 
       told. 
521 0  Text Difficulty 3 - Text Difficulty 4 
533    Electronic reproduction.|bNew York :|cPenguin Books,
       |d2004.|nRequires OverDrive Read (file size: N/A KB) or 
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650  7 Historical Fiction.|2OverDrive 
650 17 Fiction.|2OverDrive 
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776 1  |cOriginal|z9780452285453 
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