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This is the story of Isabel and the persecution of the Huguenots and also the story of Ella, a young American who moves to rural France and becomes obsessed with the colour blue and by the genealogy of her family. The two strands of the novel meet as Ella discovers the truth about Isabel's fate.
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"A vibrant, sumptuous novel...triumphant...A beautifully written tale that mirrors the elegance of the painting that inspired it."
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"A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colors."
"Such an achievement for a serious writer that you feel it deserves an award."
"A vibrant, sumptuous novel...triumphant...A beautifully written tale that mirrors the elegance of the painting that inspired it."
"Entirely successful: distinct, inhabited, vivid, and real."
"A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colors." --The Times (London)
"Such an achievement for a serious writer that you feel it deserves an award." --The Independent (London)
A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colors. The Times (London)
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- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0140265023
- ISBN 13 9780140265026
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- Number of pages272
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good-. First Edition; First Printing. Light reading creases, some shelf and edge wear with tiny split to base of spine and a few cover scratches, paper lightly edge toned with slight foxing to endpapers and edges of reading block. ; Fitrst printing of Penguin paperback original edition with full number line, 1997. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design unceredited and photos courtesy of Tim Davis / Tony Stone and Images Colour Library. ; 272 pages; The compelling story of two women born four centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them. When Ella Turner moves to southwestern France with her husband, her life is disrupted by strange dreams involving the colour blue. When her hair then inexplicably turns red, Ella begins a journey which will not only reveal a long-hidden tragedy, but also impel her to confront her feelings about her own life and the two men closest to her. Seller Inventory # 35734
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Book Description Condition: Como nuevo. This is the story of Isabel and the persecution of the Huguenots and also the story of Ella, a young American who moves to rural France and becomes obsessed with the colour blue and by the genealogy of her family. The two strands of the novel meet as Ella discovers the truth about Isabel's fate. EAN: 9780140265026 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Literatura y ficción| Ficción contemporánea Título: The Virgin BlueAutor: Tracy Chevalier Editorial: Penguin Idioma: EN Páginas: 272 Formato: Tapa blanda. Seller Inventory # Happ-2021-Dec-14-119417
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Book Description Condition: Fair. She was called Isabelle, and when she was a small girl her hair changed colour in the time it takes a bird to call to its mate ? Midwife Isabelle du Moulin is marked as different, by both her red hair and her love for the Virgin Mary in her rich blue robes. As religious fervour sweeps 16th-century France, Isabelle?s striking likeness to the Madonna puts her in danger when her village is enraptured by new Protestant doctrine. Four centuries later, Ella Turner moves to the French village of Lisle-sur-Tarn and finds her dreams are haunted by the colour blue. Ella hopes to become both a midwife and a mother, but her plans unravel as she discovers her link to Isabelle, and her ancestor?s shocking fate. 256 pages. Seller Inventory # 1351742
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Book Description Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First edition - a paperback original. Signed by author without inscription on title page. 1997 Trade Paperback. 255, [7] pp. Author's first novel. "Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin--two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy. When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a peculiar dream of the color blue propels her on a quest to uncover her family's French ancestry. As the novel unfolds--alternating between Ella's story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier--a common thread emerges that unexpectedly links the two women. Part detective story, part historical fiction, The Virgin Blue is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page. Signed by author. Seller Inventory # 2270646
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