The Red Queen (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780156032704)

Barbara Halliwell, on a grant at Oxford, receives an unexpected package-a centuries-old memoir by a Korean crown princess. An appropriate gift indeed for her impending trip to Seoul, but Barbara doesn't know who sent it. On the plane, she avidly reads the memoir, a story of great intrigue as well as tragedy. The Crown Princess Hyegyong recounts in extraordinary detail the ways of the Korean court and confesses the family dramas that left her childless and her husband dead by his own hand. When a Korean man Barbara meets at her hotel offers to guide her to some of the haunts of the crown princess, Barbara tours the royal courts and develops a strong affinity for everything related to the princess and her mysterious life. Barbara's time in Korea goes quickly, but captivated by her experience and wanting to know more about the princess, she wonders if her life can ever be the way it was before.


Author: Margaret Drabble
ISBN-10: 0156032708
ISBN-13: 9780156032704
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Language: English
Published: 10/03/2005
Pages: 348
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.98h x 6.46w x 1.02d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 10/01/2005 pg. 90
New York Times 11/13/2005 pg. 60