While Beauty Slept

Name: While Beauty Slept
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ISBN: 9780425273845

Elizabeth Blackwell

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Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
02 January 2015

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Myth & legend told as fiction

The Brothers Grimm meets The Thirteenth Tale in this gothic tale of palace intrigue and black magic.

""Elizabeth Blackwell is a story-telling genius. Her mesmerizing writing weaves a spell that will enchant you.

While Beauty Sleptbreathes new life into the fairytale genre with a historical twist that will take your breath away."" -Meg Cabot, #1New York Timesbestselling author ofThe Princess Diariesand Heather Wells mystery series

I am not the sort of person about whom stories are told. Those of humble birth suffer their heartbreaks and celebrate their triumphs unnoticed by the bards, leaving no trace in the fables of their time...

And so begins Elise Dalriss's story. When she hears her great-granddaughter recount a minstrel's tale about a beautiful princess asleep in a tower, it pushes open a door to the past, a door Elise has long kept locked. For Elise was the companion to the real princess who slumbered-and she is the only one left who knows what actually happened so many years ago.

As the memories start to unfold, Elise is plunged back into the magnificent world behind the palace walls she left behind more than a half century ago, a labyrinth where the secrets of her real father and the mysterious fate of her mother connect to an inconceivable evil. Elise has guarded these secrets for a lifetime. As only Elise understands all too well, the truth is no fairy tale.

By: Elizabeth Blackwell
Imprint: Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 367g
ISBN: 9780425273845
ISBN 10: 0425273849
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 02 January 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Elizabeth Blackwell is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Ladies' Home Journal, Parenting, and the Chicago Tribune, among other publications.

Reviews for While Beauty Slept

Following in the inspired footsteps of Gregory Maguire s fairy-tale twists, this debut novel puts a spellbinding new spin on a classic yarn. Booklist Unexpected and heartrending . . . A gripping tale full of romance, secrets, and promises made and broken. This beautiful, original reinterpretation of a classic story is engrossing and often surprising. Library Journal, starred review Blackwell is a storytelling genius. Meg Cabot, #1 New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Blackwell s writing is magical in this complex, dark, and sensual retelling of Sleeping Beauty. Imaginative, evocative, full of surprises, this is a captivating debut. M.J. Rose, international bestselling author of Seduction While Beauty Slept is like no version of the Sleeping Beauty story that you ve read before. Alma Katsu, author of The Taker trilogy