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The Red Queen
by Margaret Drabble
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0151011060
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011063
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004. First American edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Very light wear to the book and jacket."A rich and playful novel about love, about personal and public history, and what it means to be remembered." First printing, full letter line. Most items ship with free delivery confirmation, electronic tracking and jacket protectors (generally over $10.00) if applicable. Clean recycled packing material will be used when possible.
Synopsis
200 years after being plucked from obscurity to marry the Crown Prince of Korea, the Red Queen's ghost decides to set the record straight about her extraordinary existence - and Dr Babs Halliwell, with her own complicated past, is the perfect envoy. Why does the Red Queen pick Babs to keep her story alive, and what else does she want from her? A terrific novel set in 18th century Korea and the present day, The Red Queen is a rich and atmospheric novel about love, and what it means to be remembered
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- Bookseller
- The Book Shed
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1000181
- Title
- The Red Queen
- Author
- Margaret Drabble
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First American edition
- ISBN 10
- 0151011060
- ISBN 13
- 9780151011063
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
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