The release date for the English version of 'The Lady and the Unicorn' by
Tracy Chevalier is Dec 2004. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
The Lady and the Unicorn, a historical and imaginative tour de force, is Tracy Chevalier's attempt to unravel the enigma behind one of the greatest works of art in history: a pair of entrancing medieval tapestries that are now on display at the Cluny Museum in Paris. Although they seem to depict a unicorn being seduced, their creation tale has remained a mystery up to this point.
1490s, Paris. A cunning French aristocrat orders six opulent tapestries honoring his ascent to the court. Nicolas des Innocents, a charming, conceited, and very gifted designer, is hired by him to create them. Before transporting his drawings north to the factory in Brussels where the tapestries are to be produced, Nicolas causes chaos among the ladies in the home, including the lady-in-waiting, the servant, and the mother and daughter. There, in order to complete the tapestries—his best and most elaborate work—on time for his demanding French patron, master weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything. All of their lives are altered by the outcomes; those lives that, for those who know where to look, are shown in the tapestries.
Tracy Chevalier skillfully blends fiction and truth to create a stunning, enduring, and captivating literary tapestry in The Lady and the Unicorn—an amazing tale masterfully narrated.