Bitter Greens |
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Author:
| Forsyth, Kate |
ISBN: | 978-1-4104-7425-4 |
Publication Date: | Dec 2014 |
Publisher: | Thorndike Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $30.99 |
Book Description:
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The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time. . . . French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. At the convent, she is comforted by an old nun, Soeur Seraphina, who tells her the tale of a young girl who, a hundred years earlier, is sold by her parents for a handful of bitter greens.
The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time. . . . French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. At the convent, she is comforted by an old nun, Soeur Seraphina, who tells her the tale of a young girl who, a hundred years earlier, is sold by her parents for a handful of bitter greens.