The Red Queen

The Red Queen

by Margaret Drabble (Author)

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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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 368
Edition: First Edition First Printing
Publisher: Viking
Published: 26 Aug 2004

ISBN 10: 0670915238
ISBN 13: 9780670915231

Author Bio
Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and educated at Cambridge. She was awarded a CBE in 1980. Her many novels include THE RADIANT WAY (1987), A NATURAL CURIOSITY (1989) and THE GATES OF IVORY (1991), THE PEPPERED MOTH (2000) and THE SEVEN SISTERS (2002)all of which are published by Penguin. Among her non-fiction works are The OXFORD COMPANION TO ENGLISH LITERATURE (1985, 2000, edited). Margaret Drabble is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd and lives in London W10.