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The lady and the unicorn

Bewitching art experts and enthusiasts alike for centuries, the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries hang today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. In each, an elegant lady and a unicorn stand or sit on an island of grass surrounded by a rich background of animals and flowers. Little is known about them except...

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Main Author: Chevalier, Tracy.
Other Authors: Blumenfeld, Robert. (Narrator), Donnelly, Terry. (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Penguin Audio, p2004.
Subjects:
Lady and the unicorn > Fiction.
Tapestry > Fiction.
Textile industry > Fiction.
Unicorns > Fiction.
Belgium > History > To 1555 > Fiction.
France > History > 15th century > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Sound recordings.
Summary: Bewitching art experts and enthusiasts alike for centuries, the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries hang today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. In each, an elegant lady and a unicorn stand or sit on an island of grass surrounded by a rich background of animals and flowers. Little is known about them except that they were woven toward the end of the fifteenth century and bear the coat of arms of a wealthy family from Lyons. Chevalier weaves a story about the portrayals.
Item Description: Unabridged.
Compact disc.
Physical Description: 7 sound discs (ca. 8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN: 0142800341
Author Notes: Tracy Chevalier was born on October 19, 1962 in Washington, D.C. After receiving a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, she moved to England in 1984 where she worked several years as a reference book editor. Leaving her job in 1993, she began a year-long M.A in creative writing at the University of East Anglia.

She is the author of several novels including The Virgin Blue, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, and The Last Runaway. Her novel Girl with a Pearl Earring was made into a film starring Colin Firth and Scarlett Johansson.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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