The Virgin Blue

Meet Ella Turner and Isabelle du Moulin--two women born centuries apart, yet bound by a fateful family legacy

When Ella and her husband move to a small town in France, Ella hopes to brush up on her French, qualify to practice as a midwife, and start a family of her own. Village life turns out to be less idyllic than she expected, however, and a peculiar dream of the color blue propels her on a quest to uncover her family's French ancestry.

As the novel unfolds--alternating between Ella's story and that of Isabelle du Moulin four hundred years earlier--a common thread emerges that unexpectedly links the two women. Part detective story, part historical fiction, The Virgin Blue is a novel of passion and intrigue that compels readers to the very last page.

Author: Tracy Chevalier
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 06/24/2003
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.69lbs
Size: 7.72h x 5.02w x 0.85d
ISBN13: 9780452284449
ISBN10: 0452284449
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Visionary & Metaphysical
- Fiction | Historical | General

About the Author
Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of ten previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into forty-five languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film, a play, and an opera. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in London with her husband.