The Virgin Blue (Paperback)

Tracy Chevalier (author)

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Paperback 368 Pages / Published: 11/09/2014

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From the author of the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring, this is historical fiction at its very best and perfect for fans of Rose Tremain, Kate Morton and Sarah Waters.

The compelling story of two women, born four centuries apart, and the ancestral legacy that binds them.

Ella Turner does her best to fit in to the small, close-knit community of Lisle-sur-Tarn. She even changes her name back to Tournier, and knocks the rust off her high school French. But it is all in vain. Isolated and lonely, she is drawn to investigate her Tournier ancestry, which leads to her encounter with the town's wolfish librarian.

Isabelle du Moulin, known as Le Rousse due to her fiery red hair, is tormented and shunned in the village - suspected of witchcraft and reviled for her association with the Virgin Mary. Falling pregnant, she is forced to marry into the ruling family: the Tourniers. Tormentor becomes husband, and a shocking fate awaits her.

Plagued by the colour blue, Ella is haunted by parallels with the past, and by her recurring dream. Then one morning she wakes up to discover that her hair is turning inexplicably red...

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007241460
Number of pages: 368
Weight: 250 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm

MEDIA REVIEWS

`Tracy Chevalier's first novel is a triumph. Excellent' Time Out

`An intriguing and poignant read' Sunday Express

`Such an achievement for a serious writer that you feel it deserves an award' Independent

`A beautifully crafted story shot with vivid colours' The Times

Tracy Chevalier

Tracy Chevalier was born and grew up in Washington DC but moved to the UK after graduating and has lived here since. She made her name with her second novel, the phenomenally successful Girl with a Pearl Earring which sold 5 million copies worldwide and was made into a film. Her other works include: The Virgin Blue, Falling Angels, The Lady and the Unicorn, Burning Bright, Remarkable Creatures, The Last Runaway, At The Edge of the Orchard and New Boy as well as an edited collection of works based on Jane Eyre, Reader, I Married Him.