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The Red Queen
Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princess. An appropriate gift indeed for her impending trip to Seoul, but Barbara doesn't know who sent it. On the plane, she avidly reads the memoir, a story of great intrigue as well as tragedy. The Crown Princess Hyegyong recounts in extraordinary detail the ways of the Korean court and confesses the family dramas that left her childless and her husband dead by his own hand. When a Korean man Barbara meets at her hotel offers to guide her to some of the haunts of the crown princess, Barbara tours the royal courts and develops a strong affinity for everything related to the princess and her mysterious life. Barbara's time in Korea goes quickly, but captivated by her experience and wanting to know more about the princess, she wonders if her life can ever be the way it was before.
Book Details
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Publish Date: Oct 3rd, 2005
- Pages: 348
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 7.98in - 6.46in - 1.02in - 0.70lb
- EAN: 9780156032704
- Categories: • Women• Psychological• Magical Realism
About the Author
Drabble, Margaret: -
MARGARET DRABBLE is the author of The Sea Lady, The Seven Sisters, The Peppered Moth, and The Needle's Eye, among other novels. For her contributions to contemporary English literature, she was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2008.
Praise for this book
PRAISE FOR MARGARET DRABBLE
"Reading Margaret Drabble's novels has become something of a rite of passage."-The Washington Post
"As meticulous as Jane Austen, and as deadly as Evelyn Waugh." -Los Angeles Times
PRAISE FOR THE SEVEN SISTERS
"With humor, compassion and ironic detachment, Margaret Drabble has created a memorable portrait of an older woman who is constructing a new life with renewed energy and increased self-knowledge."-Chicago Tribune (Favorite Book of 2002)
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