The Ladies of Grace Adieu
Magic, madam, is like wine and, if you are not used to it, it will make you drunk. Faerie is never as far away as you think. Sometimes you find you have crossed an invisible line and must cope, as best you can, with petulant princesses, vengeful owls, ladies who pass their time in embroidering terrible fates, or with endless paths in deep, dark woods and houses that never appear the same way twice. The heroines and heroes bedevilled by such problems in these fairytales include a conceited Regency clergyman, an eighteenth-century Jewish doctor and Mary Queen of Scots, as well as two characters from Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell—Strange himself and the Raven King.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Bloomsbury
- Year
- 2006
- ISBN-13
- 9781596913837
- Genre
- FantasyFiction
- Topics
- Faerie and magicHistorical fantasy short storiesGender roles and women's agency
Awards
- Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult LiteratureShortlisted(2007)
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