Briar Rose: A Novel of the Fairy Tale SeriesIt is an old, old tale, the German story of Briar Rose, the Sleeping Beauty. Now one of America's most celebrated writers tells it afresh, set this time in the forests patrolled by the German army during World War II. A tale of castles, of mists and thorns, of a beautiful sleeping princess, and an astonishing revelation of death and rebirth. A tale that will leave you changed forever. The tale of Briar Rose. |
Contents
FAIRY TALES | 1 |
HOME | 7 |
CHAPTER 1 | 9 |
CHAPTER 2 | 11 |
CHAPTER 3 | 19 |
CHAPTER 4 | 21 |
CHAPTER 5 | 31 |
CHAPTER 6 | 33 |
CHAPTER 19 | 103 |
CHAPTER 20 | 105 |
CHAPTER 21 | 114 |
CHAPTER 22 | 116 |
CHAPTER 23 | 126 |
CHAPTER 24 | 128 |
CASTLE | 135 |
CHAPTER 25 | 137 |
CHAPTER 7 | 39 |
CHAPTER 8 | 41 |
CHAPTER 9 | 52 |
CHAPTER 10 | 54 |
CHAPTER 11 | 60 |
CHAPTER 12 | 62 |
CHAPTER 13 | 74 |
CHAPTER 14 | 76 |
CHAPTER 15 | 83 |
CHAPTER 16 | 85 |
CHAPTER 17 | 94 |
CHAPTER 18 | 96 |
CHAPTER 26 | 146 |
CHAPTER 27 | 151 |
CHAPTER 28 | 156 |
CHAPTER 29 | 163 |
CHAPTER 30 | 176 |
HOME AGAIN | 185 |
CHAPTER 31 | 187 |
CHAPTER 32 | 189 |
CHAPTER 33 | 197 |
AUTHORS NOTE | 199 |
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