The moon and the sun / Vonda N. McIntyre.
| Author/creator | McIntyre, Vonda N. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | New York : Pocket Books, 1997. |
| Description | viii, 421 pages ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Sample text |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Abstract | A woman from the sea is captured by 17th century French sailors so that King Louis XIV can eat her rejuvenating organs. The captive, who has green hair and flaps for legs, sings beautifully and this moves a woman courtier to save her. A look at what it means to be human. In seventeenth-century France, Louis XIV rules with flamboyant ambition. In his domain, wealth and beauty take all; frivolity begets cruelty; science and alchemy collide. From the Hall of Mirrors to the vermin-infested attics of the Chateau at Versailles, courtiers compete to please the king, sacrificing fortune, principles, and even the sacred bond between brother and sister. By the fiftieth year of his reign, Louis XIV has made France the most powerful state in the western world. Yet the Sun King's appetite for glory knows no bounds. In a bold stroke, he sends his natural philosopher on an expedition to seek the source of immortality -- the rare, perhaps mythical, sea monsters. For the glory, of his God, his country, and his king, Father Yves de la Croix returns with his treasures: one heavy shroud packed in ice ... and a covered basin that imprisons a shrieking creature. |
| Local note | Joyner Schlobin copy: Signed by author on title page. In original dust jacket. See also manuscript material related to the James H. and Virginia Schlobin Literature of the Fantastic Collection. Ask in Joyner Library Special Collections. |
| Study program note | Accelerated Reader AR |
| Acquisitions source | Joyner Schlobin Coll. item purchased from A Book by its Cover 20230220 |
| Awards note | Nebula Award winner, novel, 1997. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: McIntyre, Vonda N. Moon and the sun. New York : Pocket Books, 1997 |
| Genre/form | Historical fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fantasy fiction. |
| LCCN | 97003232 |
| ISBN | 0671567659 |
| ISBN | 9780671567651 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | Schlobin Fantasy Collection | PS3563 .A3125 M66 1997 | ✔ Available | Request Material |