— “Entertaining…profound….A novel for adults that unearths our buried fascination with the primal fears and truths fairy tales contain.”— Gregory Maguire, the acclaimed author who re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Land of Oz in his bestselling series The Wicked Years, offers a brilliant reinvention of the timeless Snow White fairy tale: . Setting his story amid the cultural, political and artistic whirlwind of Renaissance Italy—and casting the notorious Lucrezia Borgia as the Evil Queen—Maguire and will enthrall a wide array of book lovers ranging from adult fans of Harry Potter to readers of the sophisticated stories of Angela Carter.