The Adventuress

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Author:

Niffenegger, Audrey

ISBN:

978-0-224-08005-7

Publication Date:

Nov 2006

Publisher:

Penguin Random House

Imprint:

Jonathan Cape

Book Format:

Hardback

List Price:

AUD $49.99

Book Description:

The follow-up to the lyrical, haunting novel-in-pictures The Three Incestuous Sisters, The Adventuress tells a new tale of love, loss and redemption. When an alchemist's daughter is kidnapped, she escapes into the arms of a man named Napoleon Bonaparte. Together the Adventuress and Napoleon share a passionate romance which has tragic, yet transcendent, results. Niffenegger's stunning, lavish prints again depict a timeless, evocative tale and showcase her...
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Book Details

Pages:	144
Detailed Subjects:	Fiction / Romance / Fantasy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):	23.7 x 28.8 x 1.9 cm
Book Weight:	1.074 Kilograms

Author Biography

Niffenegger, Audrey (Author)

Audrey Niffenegger (born June 13, 1963 in South Haven, Michigan) is an American writer and artist. She is also a professor in the Interdisciplinary Book Arts MFA Program at the Columbia College Chicago Center for Book and Paper Arts.

Niffenegger's debut novel, The Time Traveler's Wife (2003), was a national bestseller. The Time Traveler's Wife is an unconventional love story that centers on a man with a strange genetic disorder that causes him to unpredictably time-travel and his wife, an artist, who has to cope with his frequent and unpredictable absences. The film version, starring Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, is due for release in August 2009. Her latest fiction novel is entitled, Her Fearful Symmetry.

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