Book guide
The Lady and the Unicorn
A mysterious set of medieval tapestries becomes a web of ambition, desire, and art.
GenresHistorical
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalClass divide
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About The Lady and the Unicorn
In Paris in 1490, a nobleman commissions six tapestries to display his status, hiring the gifted and disruptive Nicolas des Innocents to design them. As the work moves to Brussels to be woven, the lives of artists, patrons, servants, and weavers become entangled in the masterpiece.
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- Spice
- Medium
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- sexual content
- adult/minor relationship
- domestic abuse
- misogyny
- sexism
- pregnancy
- confinement
- antisemitism
- religious bigotry
- self-harm
