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A retelling of "Snow White" set in Renaissance Italy draws a link between the original fairy tale and the Borgia family's infamous practice of poisoning its enemies.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Maguire, Gregory
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Regan Books, 2004, c2003.
Edition:	1st pbk. ed.
Subjects:	Snow White (Tale) > Adaptations. Borgia, Lucrezia, 1480-1519 > Fiction. Borgia, Cesare, > 1476?-1507 > Fiction. Sisters > Fiction. Italy > Fiction. Historical fiction > Italy. Fantasy fiction.
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Summary:	A retelling of "Snow White" set in Renaissance Italy draws a link between the original fairy tale and the Borgia family's infamous practice of poisoning its enemies.
Item Description:	Reprint. Originally published: c2003. With new reader's discussion guide.
Physical Description:	283 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN:	0060988657 9780060988654
Author Notes:	Gregory Maguire was born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York. He received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Tufts University. He is a founder and co-director of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. He writes for both adults and children. His first book, The Lighting Time, was published in 1978. His adult works include Wicked, Confessions of and Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men. The Broadway play Wicked is based on his book of the same title. His children's books include the picture book Crabby Cratchitt, the novel The Good Liar, and the Hamlet Chronicles series. (Bowker Author Biography)