{"product_id":"9780241672457","title":"The Modern Fairies","description":"Author(s): Pollard, Clare, \u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003eDate of Publication: 13\/06\/2024, \u003cbr\u003ePagination: 256 pages, \u003cbr\u003eSeries: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Fig Tree, \u003cbr\u003e Published By: Penguin Books Ltd, \u003cbr\u003eBook Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 222 x 145 x 26mm\u003cbr\u003eWeight: 366g\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780241672457\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy don't they tell you it is the beautiful princess who becomes the evil queen; that they are just the same person at different points in their storyVersailles, 1682: a city of the rich, a living fairy-tale, Louis XIV's fever dream. It's a place of opulence, beauty, and power. But strip back the lavish exterior of polite society, and you'll find a dark undercurrent of sexual intrigue and vicious gossip. Nobody is safe here - no matter how highly born they are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one knows this better than Madame Marie d'Aulnoy. Each week, a rogue group of intellectuals gather at her Parisian home to debate, flirt and perform Contes de Fées - fairy tales - that challenge the status quo, at a salon that will change the course of literature forever. But while they weave tales of glass slippers, enchanted beasts and long-haired princesses, a wolf is lurking, who threatens to destroy the members of the salon one by one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrilliant and bawdy, romantic and provocative, The Modern Fairies is a dazzling novel inspired by real events, about the delights and dangers of storytelling in dark times.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46486652813549,"sku":"9780241672457","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/files\/9780241672457_637f6a3f-9349-4e1d-a71e-bf8f3d1af5bc.jpg?v=1724790113","url":"https:\/\/steyningbookshop.info\/products\/9780241672457","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}