{"product_id":"slipper-9780999475607","title":"Slipper","description":"\u003cp\u003eMeet the woman who will inspire the author of the world's most famous story: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucinda, a penniless English orphan, is abused and exploited as a cinder-sweep by her aristocratic relatives. On receiving her sole inheritance--a pair of glass-beaded slippers--she runs away to France in pursuit of an officer on whom she has a big crush. She joins the baggage train of Louis XIV's army, survives a horrific massacre, and eventually finds her way to Paris. There she befriends the man who will some day write the world's best loved fairy tale, Charles Perrault.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere is much more: a witch hunt, the sorry truth about daydreams, and some truly astonishing revelations, such as the historical facts behind the story of the Emperor's new clothes, and a perfectly reasonable explanation for the compulsion some young women have to kiss frogs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not the fairy tale you remember.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Hester Velmans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Van Horton Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 378\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780999475607\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndie Reader\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/18\/2018","brand":"Van Horton Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44115486441587,"sku":"9.781E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f6bf2543-3c15-4cf0-84c5-708c53f64a34.jpg?v=1764248645","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/slipper-9780999475607","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}