The Serpent Garden by Judith Merkle Riley - 1996-03-01

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Viking. hardcover. Very Good. 6x1x9. Has moderate shelf and/or corner wear. Great used condition.Over 1,000,000 satisfied customers since 1997! Choose expedited shipping (if available) for much faster delivery. Delivery confirmation on all US orders.

Viking. hardcover. Like New. 6x1x9.

Viking Adult, 1996-03-01. Hardcover. Used:Good.

Viking, 1996-03-01. 1st. Hardcover. New. 9x6x1. Remainder copy. Light shelf wear to back of dust jacket. Free shipping in USA.

Viking, 1996. First Edition. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. New York, 1996; 1st edition; red paper covered boards; black cloth spine; spine edges bumped; glossy illustrated jacket with top edge wear; 8vo, 7 3/4"-9 3/4" tall; Previous owner's name on free front end paper; 467 pages.

This book has been read but is in near perfect condition, no wear to front or back covers, first page signed by previous owner. Spine intact, no creases.

"The book opens in Tudor England, where Henry VIII and his Machiavellian counselor Cardinal Wolsey are scheming to put an English heir on the French throne. They are arranging to marry Henry's pretty, frivolous younger sister, Mary, to the aging king of France, and they are succeeding thanks in no small measure to a breathtaking miniature of Mary that has been delivered secretly into the king's hands. Everyone wants to know the identity of the painter who created this small miracle, and speculation is rampant. Because women are not allowed in the painters' guild, no one suspects that the artist is a woman, Susanna Dallet, who has been bitterly disappointed by her cad of a husband, who left her widowed and penniless with only her nearly divine talent for portrait painting to sustain herself. Susanna catches the eye and not-quite-benign protection of… Read More

Viking. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1996. Advance Review Copy. Softcover. 067086661X . Crisp, clean bright and tight - unmarked and showing slight shelf wear only. .