![]() Publisher: Penguin Group US Date of Addition: 04/25/14 Copyrighted By: Laurel Corona. In her fourth historical novel, Corona (Penelopes Daughter Finding Emilie) imagines the life of a Jewish woman in 15th-century Spain. a vivid glimpse of a wrenching period of history too often forgotten.' Jewish Book Council. ![]() And when a stranger dressed as a beggar appears at the palace, Xanthe wonders who will be the one to decide her future-a suitor she loathes, a brother she cannot respect, or a father who doesn't know she exists.Ĭopyright: 2010 Book Details Book Quality: Publisher Quality ISBN-13: 9781101443880 Related ISBNs: 'The Mapmakers Daughter plunges readers back to the fifteenth century. Xanthe turns to her loom to weave the adventures of her life, from her upbringing among servants and slaves, to the years spent in hiding with her mother's cousin, Helen of Troy, to the passion of her sexual awakening in the arms of the man she loves. With her father Odysseus gone for twenty years, Xanthe barricades herself in her royal chambers to escape the rapacious suitors who would abduct her to gain the throne. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read Penelope's Daughter. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Geisel Award winner for book of the year, PENELOPES DAUGHTER, and FINDING EMILIE, which earned me a second Geisel Award. The award-winning author of The Four Seasons retells The Odyssey from the point of view of Odysseus and Penelope's daughter. Penelope's Daughter - Ebook written by Laurel Corona. ![]()
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