The Lady and the Unicorn

by Tracy Chevalier | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0525947671 Global Overview for this book
Registered by BlueAmazon of Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on 10/19/2004
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12 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Tuesday, October 19, 2004
Just got this *paperback* - which hasn't even been released in the US yet!

Journal Entry 2 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Thursday, October 21, 2004
What a splendid book - I am pleasantly surprised, as I don't recall liking Pearl Earring this much.

The store of the "lady and unicorn' tapestries through those who made them, from the commissioning by Jean Le Viste of the artist Nicholas des Innocents. [irony abounds with this name, as he is anything but innocent!] Nicholas affects the lives of Claude le Viste and Alienor de la Chappelle, daughters of the commissioner and the weaver respectively, in very different, seductive ways.

Fascinating read, enchanting of 15th century France and Belgium. highly recommend! it will go out in a ray.

Journal Entry 3 by BlueAmazon from Gaithersburg, Maryland USA on Saturday, October 23, 2004
and it's off to bluepointjive to start what promises to be a nice long ray.

bluepointjive[DE - domestic US]
karendawn my superstar
Saram23 in the US, domestic
mattyH [NJ - int'l, prefers later in ray]
shpriz1 NY - ships off to Canada [no response, skipping this person]
ms-attitude-ca Canada, prefers Canada or US
iguana-girl sends to the UK, keeping the ray going...
7/12/05 - it got to England!!
FiBe [I love this name!] UK - int'l
Wilmar Netherlands - Europe
Brujula in France, prefers Europe
Aiyla in France, prefers Europe



ATTN - ray members - please only keep this book one month, then pass it on! let's get it all the way to its destination - Paris!

Journal Entry 4 by bluepointjive from Felton, Delaware USA on Thursday, November 4, 2004
received in the mail today, placing on the top of my tbr list, can hardly wait to get into it

Journal Entry 5 by bluepointjive from Felton, Delaware USA on Sunday, November 7, 2004
Wow, I loved this book, couldn't hardly put it down! I'm definitely adding it to my wish list for my permanent collection. I loved the ending...

Released on Wednesday, December 08, 2004 at about 1:00:00 PM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at by mail in To the next participant, A Bookring Controlled Releases.

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at long last, just shipped to karendawn, the next participant. sincere apologies to everyone, i'm sorry for holding it up so long.

Journal Entry 7 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Tuesday, December 14, 2004
Yea! It's here! Just in time for some holiday reading. :) Thank you!

Journal Entry 8 by karendawn from Lafayette, Indiana USA on Friday, December 17, 2004
Finished this one on Wednesday during a plane trip.

Although I enjoyed this book, I didn't think that it was outstanding. The story kept me reading, but it was fairly obvious how everything would turn out (although I did like having the Epilogue; I always like to know what "happens" to the characters after the story is completed).

At first I had a different set of unicorn tapestries in my head, but I realized those were the wrong ones, so I did a little research online and found the right ones. It was nice to be able to see them and compare the descriptions and see how the fictional story was woven around them.

I will get this in the mail as soon as possible.

Journal Entry 9 by karendawn at on Sunday, December 19, 2004
Released on Monday, December 20, 2004 at about 9:00:00 AM BX time (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) at Mailed to a fellow Bookcrosser in n/a, n/a Controlled Releases.

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dropped this one off in the mailbox today

Journal Entry 10 by saram23 from Lowell, Massachusetts USA on Friday, December 24, 2004
I got this in the mail today and I have one other book to read before it. Thankfully, I am on a holiday vacation and desire to spend a huge chunk of it reading. I should only have this a week or two.

Journal Entry 11 by saram23 from Lowell, Massachusetts USA on Sunday, January 9, 2005
Read my notes

Sent on Saturday to the next person on the list.

Journal Entry 12 by MattyH from Warren, New Jersey USA on Saturday, January 15, 2005
Arrived today - looking forward to starting it tonight. Thanks for the bookring!

Journal Entry 13 by MattyH from Warren, New Jersey USA on Tuesday, March 8, 2005
A well-written book, and I enjoyed reading it, but I didn't think it had the complexity and subtlety of some of her other work. (Virgin Blue is my favorite.) It's on its way to Canada now, continuing its bookring journey to ms-attitude-ca. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 14 by ms-attitude-ca from Burlington, Ontario Canada on Thursday, March 24, 2005
received in mail 18 March....bookring started by BlueAmazon.I have 4 bookring books ahead of this one.will get started on this soon

Journal Entry 15 by ms-attitude-ca from Burlington, Ontario Canada on Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Nicolas des Innocents, a handsome,artist, is summoned to the Paris home of Jean Le Viste, a nobleman who wants Nicolas to design a series of battle tapestries for his house. Jean’s wife, Geneviève, persuades Nicolas to talk her husband into a softer subject: the taming of a unicorn by a noblewoman. Nicolas shapes the tapestries with his own vision, dedicating five of the six to the senses and using the images of Geneviève and her daughter, Claude, with whom Nicolas is smitten, for two of the ladies in the tapestries.
Nicolas takes the finished designs to Brussels, where master weaver Georges de la Chapelle will make them. At first Nicolas is scornful of Georges, but gradually comes to respect him and his wife Christine, and to take an interest in his daughter Aliénor. Nicolas models two more of the ladies in the tapestries after Christine and Aliénor, but his heart lies with the unattainable Claude.
In mail to next participant


Journal Entry 16 by iguana-girl from Ottawa, Ontario Canada on Tuesday, May 17, 2005
Yay! This book just arrived. I'll start reading it tonight and have it moving again soon.

Journal Entry 17 by iguana-girl from Ottawa, Ontario Canada on Sunday, May 22, 2005
This is the 3rd Tracy Chevalier book that I've read, and what I love about them is that each is so different. This book was a light quick read and a lot of fun. I'll be sending the book off to FiBe very soon. Thanks for sharing this book BlueAmazon!

Journal Entry 18 by FiBe from Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, July 12, 2005
Another bookring book in front of this I will read as soon as I can. Thanks for letting me join!

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20/07/05

Am now reading this book, to be honest I haven't decided what I think about it yet. Will update when I have finished it. I have already pm'd Wilmar for her address so it shouldn't be held up too long.

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27/07/05
Have now finished the book, it was a nice quick easy read. Not something I would usually pick up but it managed to while away a couple of days of picking it up and putting it down. Liked the fact it was told from different people's points of view.

Has been sent on to Wilmar today. Thanks for letting me take part BlueAmazon!

Journal Entry 19 by Wilmar from Leiden, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Sunday, July 31, 2005
I received the book yesterday, thanks FiBe :)
I will start reading soon.

You'll hear from me!

Journal Entry 20 by Wilmar from Leiden, Zuid-Holland Netherlands on Monday, August 29, 2005
Finished :)

My second Tracy Chevalier, but I'm certainly going to read her other work as well.

The Lady and the Unicorn was a pleasant read. I think it's great to learn something about history (how tapestries were made, guilds worked, et ceterea) and Tracy Chevalier has a way of writing that is very 'light'. Easy and quick to read.
But maybe that is the reason I do not think this an outstanding novel as well: it lacks depth. It is possible that I feel this way about the book because of all the romance story lines: for me that came in the way of the 'facts'.
I liked the idea of reading from all the different perspectives, but to me they all sounded alike.
I remember thinking when I finished Girl with a Pearl Earring: a lot less pages would have told the story as well. And about this novel I felt the same.

Still I am very happy to have read this book, and next time I'm in Paris I'm surely going to look at the real tapestries.
Thank you, BlueAmazon, for sharing.
I will send the book on to Brujula in France later this day.

[edit: worth visiting is Chevaliers website. There you find pictures and information on the tapestries in the book.]

Journal Entry 21 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Monday, September 5, 2005
This book arrived safely in Belfort (France) saturday! Thank you for sharing this book, BlueAmazon, and thank you for sending it Wilmar!

Journal Entry 22 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Monday, October 10, 2005
This was a pleasant read. I liked very much the details about all the weaving, and how tracy chevalier imagines the story behind the tapestries.
Thank you very much for organizing this ring, BlueAmazon!
Now I will send it to the next in line as soon as I have her/his adress.

Journal Entry 23 by Brujula from Valenciennes, Nord-Pas-de-Calais France on Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Mailed to Aiyla yesterday.

Journal Entry 24 by Aiyla from Paris, Ile-de-France France on Monday, October 31, 2005
Meri Brujula,
reçu ce week-end. Quelle suprise ! J'avais oublié que j'étais sur la liste. Je suis un fan de Tracy Chevalier et j'en suis sur que le livre va me plaire. Je le commence très bientot.

A great suprise to receive this book this week-end. I had forgotten that i was on the list. Sure that i'll enjoy it like the other Tracy Chevalier books. Will start reading very soon.

Journal Entry 25 by Aiyla from Paris, Ile-de-France France on Thursday, November 3, 2005
finished the book today. I really enjoyed it. I love tapestries myself and have often saw and admired this one at the CLUNY museum in Paris.

Journal Entry 26 by Aiyla from Paris, Ile-de-France France on Saturday, November 5, 2005
given to my sister today to read and release in the UK.

Journal Entry 27 by Aiyla at Restaurant La Page Blanche in -Paris 11e, Ile-de-France France on Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Released 17 yrs ago (2/13/2007 UTC) at Restaurant La Page Blanche in -Paris 11e, Ile-de-France France

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le livre est a nouveau à Paris depuis 2 mois. Ce soir je le laisse au meetup.

Journal Entry 28 by Maza34 from Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon France on Friday, July 20, 2007
I brought this book back from the Meet-up, but I couldn't read the BCID and I couldn't remember who let it there either.
But thanks to TofLaBeuze, I found the correct BCID :)
I hadn't the time to read it yet, but I intend to do it soon!

Journal Entry 29 by Maza34 from Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon France on Sunday, September 30, 2007
Read it a few months ago, but I forgot to make the JE.
I really enjoyed it, and liked the idea to discover how and why were those tapestries woven.

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