Set in 18th century Korea and the present day,
Margaret Drabble's The Red Queen is a rich and
atmospheric novel about love, and what it means to be
remembered. 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. ''Elegant ...a seductive
beguiling narrator ...delicious history''. (Daily
Express). ''One of our foremost women writers''.
(Guardian). ''Carefully wrought and beautifully written
The Red Queen is another fine addition to the Drabble
oeuvre''. (Literary Review). Margaret Drabble was born
in 1939 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, the daughter of
barrister and novelist John F. Drabble, and sister of
novelist A.S. Byatt. She is the author of eighteen
novels and eight works of non-fiction, including
biographies of Arnold Bennett and Angus Wilson.Her many
novels include The Radiant Way (1987), A Natural
Curiosity (1989), The Gates of Ivory (1991), The
Peppered Moth (2000), The Seven Sisters (2002) and The
Red Queen (2004) all of which are published by Penguin.
In 1980, Margaret Drabble was made a CBE and in 2008 she
was made DBE. She is married to the biographer Michael
Holroyd, and lives in London and Somerset. |
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