β Scribed by Gregory Maguire
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
A lyrical work of stunning creative vision, Mirror Mirror is set in Renaissance Italy, where Gregory Maguire draws a connection between the poison apple in the original Snow White story and the Borgia family's well-known appetite for poisoning its foes. In Mirror Mirror Snow White is called Bianca de Nevada. She is born on a farm in Tuscany in 1495, and when she is seven, her father is ordered by the duplicitous Cesare Borgia to go on a quest to reclaim the relic of the original Tree of Knowledge, a branch bearing three living apples that are thousands of years old. Bianca is left in the care of her father's farm staff and the beautifulβand madly vainβLucrecia Borgia, Cesare's sister. But Lucrecia becomes jealous of her lecherous brother's interest in the growing child and plots a dire fate for Bianca in the woods below the farm. There Bianca finds herself in the home of seven dwarvesβthe creators of the magic mirrorβwho await the return of their brother, the eighth dwarf, long gone on a quest of his own. In the evocative style of Maguire's earlier novels, Mirror Mirror is a fresh, compelling take on a beloved classic tale.
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<p>Who is the fairest in the land?<br />Not the one who uses such a fabulous mirror to ask such a vain question.<br />Mirari is about to realise just how powerful such a mirror is.<br />Who's Mirari?<br />You've met her countless times. Only you've probably never bothered giving her a name.<br />She