LEADER 00000nam 2200349Ki 4500 001 ODN0000613351 006 m d 007 cr cn--------- 008 130925s2004 nyu s 000 1 eng d 020 9781101213186|q(electronic bk) 037 9B691B45-0C6B-41AA-948B-00DB916DEF15|bOverDrive, Inc. |nhttp://www.overdrive.com 040 TEFOD|beng|erda|cTEFOD 084 FIC014000|aFIC019000|2bisacsh 100 1 Chevalier, Tracy, |eauthor 245 14 The lady and the unicorn :|bA Novel /|cTracy Chevalier. 264 1 |c2004. 300 1 online resource 336 text|btxt|2rdacontent 337 computer|bc|2rdamedia 338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier 347 data file|2rda 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 Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 345 KB) or Kobo app or compatible Kobo device (file size: N/A KB) or Amazon Kindle (file size: N/A KB). 650 7 Historical Fiction.|2OverDrive 650 17 Fiction.|2OverDrive 655 7 Electronic books.|2local 776 1 |cOriginal|z9780452285453 914 ODN0000613351
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