{"product_id":"mirror-mirror-a-novel-by-gregory-maguire-339u","title":"Mirror Mirror: A Novel by Gregory Maguire","description":"\u003cp\u003eA brilliant achievement.   -Boston Herald  Entertaining...profound....A novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain. -Christian Science Monitor  Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Land of Oz in his New York Times bestselling series The Wicked Years, offers a brilliant reinvention of the timeless Snow White fairy tale: Mirror Mirror. Setting his story amid the cultural, political and artistic whirlwind of Renaissance Italy-and casting the notorious Lucrezia Borgia as the Evil Queen-Maguire and Mirror Mirror will enthrall a wide array of book lovers ranging from adult fans of Harry Potter to readers of the sophisticated stories of Angela Carter.  Editorial Reviews  Review A brilliant achievement. -- Boston Herald  Wildly inventive...Maguire refreshes his source material capably...Every bit as good as Wicked: wicked good, in fact. -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)  From the Back Cover  The year is 1502, and seven-year-old Bianca de Nevada lives perched high above the rolling hills and valleys of Tuscany and Umbria at Montefiore, the farm of her beloved father, Don Vicente. But one day a noble entourage makes its way up the winding slopes to the farm -- and the world comes to Montefiore.  In the presence of Cesare Borgia and his sister, the lovely and vain Lucrezia -- decadent children of a wicked pope -- no one can claim innocence for very long. When Borgia sends Don Vicente on a years-long quest, he leaves Bianca under the care -- so to speak -- of Lucrezia.  She plots a dire fate for the young girl in the woods below the farm, but in the dark forest salvation can be found as well ...  A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror gives fresh life to the classic story of Snow White -- and has a truth and beauty all its own.  About the Author  Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked-the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name-Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family in New England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41827892297802,"sku":"339u","price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/339u_1_8de7d3db-40ae-405e-914a-6c7d53f5107f.jpg?v=1764412708","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/mirror-mirror-a-novel-by-gregory-maguire-339u","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}