The lady and the unicorn
Editorial PENGUIN USA
Mainland Spain
- Publisher PENGUIN USA
- ISBN13 9780452285286
- ISBN10 0452285283
- Type Book
- Collection INGLES
- Published 2004
- Language English
- Bookbinding Rustic
Sections
English LiteratureThe lady and the unicorn
Editorial PENGUIN USA
Mainland Spain
Book Details
"A set of bewitching medieval tapestries hangs today in a protected chamber in Paris. They appear to portray a woman's seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown - until now." "Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house - mother and daughter, servant and lady-in-waiting - before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven." "There, master-weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has on finishing the tapestries - his finest, most intricate work - on time for his exacting French client. Ill-prepared for temptation and seduction, he and his family are consumed by the project and by their dealings with the full-blooded painter from Paris." The results change all their lives - lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.