25 November 2009

New Giveaway: The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier (with new rules)

Okay kiddies, Miss Amy has a new giveaway for you!  I found a hardback copy of The Lady and The Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl With a Pearl Earring, at my local Goodwill store and seeing that I already have a copy I thought I would give one of my lovely readers a chance to win it!

Due to circumstances with another giveaway that I had recently, I decided to add a rule for my giveaway winners:  If you have already won a copy of the same giveaway on another blog, kindly let me know and I will draw another name. This way, EVERYONE has a chance to win at least 1 copy and not just one person winning several.  Sounds fair right?!  Honor system people, honor system!   


I have 1 hardback copy of The Lady and The Unicorn up for grabs. 

To enter, please leave a comment with your email address AND answer the poll question at the upper left corner of my site. 


SYNOPSIS:  A tour de force of history and imagination, The Lady and the Unicorn is Tracy Chevalier’s answer to the mystery behind one of the art world’s great masterpieces—a set of bewitching medieval tapestries that hangs today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. They appear to portray the seduction of a unicorn, but the story behind their making is unknown—until now.

Paris, 1490. A shrewd French nobleman commissions six lavish tapestries celebrating his rising status at Court. He hires the charismatic, arrogant, sublimely talented Nicolas des Innocents to design them. Nicolas creates havoc among the women in the house—mother and daughter, servant, and lady-in-waiting—before taking his designs north to the Brussels workshop where the tapestries are to be woven. There, master weaver Georges de la Chapelle risks everything he has to finish the tapestries—his finest, most intricate work—on time for his exacting French client. The results change all their lives—lives that have been captured in the tapestries, for those who know where to look.

In The Lady and the Unicorn, Tracy Chevalier weaves fact and fiction into a beautiful, timeless, and intriguing literary tapestry—an extraordinary story exquisitely told.


Giveaway ends:  December 14th.  US and International entries are accepted!

GOOD LUCK!



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61 comments:

Pricilla said...

Thank you for the giveaway.
I answered the poll :)
kaiminani at gmail dot com

Alanna said...

Hi Amy! I would love a copy of this book...

lannabrooke (at ) yahoo (dot) com

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Katy said...

I've been wanting to read this book. :) Thanks for the giveaway!

I voted in your poll.

srfbluemama at gmail dot com

Bella said...

Hi Amy, i love the Honor System thinking-LOL. I just answered the poll and would love to win this book, please =)

nunezbella(at)hotmail(dot)com

Wendy said...

I've been wanting to read this book for some time now!

Thank you for the entry!

Answered the poll.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Wendy
wendysfictionaddiction(at)gmail(dot)com

Literate Housewife said...

This is a great book. I loved it. No need to enter me in the contest. I just wanted to let everyone know that this is a good contest to enter.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Jo-Jo said...

This does sound like a great book.

I answered your poll question also.

joannelong74 AT gmail DOT com

Jennifer said...

Thank you for this wonderful chance, what a fantastic early Christmas gift to myself it would be.
I did indeed take the survey, even before knowing about the contest. :)

knittingmomof3 (AT) gmail (DOT) com

lizzy J said...

Hey Amy I recently saw this at the library but already had my hands full. I can not believe you found it at goodwill. What a good find. I took the poll so add me to this one please.

elizabethjohnsonart@yahoo.com

Valorie said...

Voted!

Valorie
morbidromantic@gmail.com

4IQREAD said...

I absolutely loved this book. How could somebody get rid of it? Thanks for the opportunity to win a copy.

kbookwoman@sbcglobal.net

My blog address is: 4IQREAD

Jasmyn said...

Please enter me for your giveaway.
I voted on your poll!

jasmyn9[at]hotmail[dot]com

Mystica said...

Did the poll.

Would love the opportunity of winning this contest!
Thank you for your generosity.


mystica123athotmaildotcom

Judy said...

Looks like a good one Amy - please enter me (I voted in your poll - it was hard to fix on one choice!

Judy said...

oh and lancasterscribe@gmail.com

Rachel said...

This looks great... thanks for the giveaway!

Rachelhwallen@gmail.com

librarypat said...

librarypat at comcast dot net
This sounds like an intriguing study of a beautiful work of art. I have heard wonderful things about this book, but have not yet had a chance to read it. Would love to add it to my collection.
I am so glad I found this site. You are giving me information on some wonderful books.

I hope you have a great Thanksgiving.

austenfan said...

I've never read a Tracy Chevalier book before, but this sounds great!

If the giveaway is open internationally, count me in! :)

I answered the poll. :)

austenfanblogs[at]gmail[dot]com

michelle said...

Thanks for the chance to win this book, I answered your poll.

My email is dmsires@activ8.net.au

Carlos Antunes said...

I hope this one's international!
if it is, count me in!
And I follow, if that counts for something extra!
;)
And I answered the poll (it's on the left side, no right by the way).

dr.strangelove.vs.citizen.kane
@
gmail.com

buddyt said...

I have read and enjoyed Girl With The Pearl Earing and Burning Bright from Tracey so I would love to read this one as well.

I take it this is open worldwide ?

Ivoted and I am a Follower.

Thanks

Carol


buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

Veens said...

Thank You Amy! What a wonderful giveaway! Enter me please!

givingreadingachance AT gmail.com

i think i love reading your reviews... but i love all the features on your blog too :)

tetewa said...

I answered the poll and would like to be included! tWarner419@aol.com

Jemima said...

I answered the poll question. I am a follower and would love to enter. I love Chevalier.

thereadingjourney[at]gmail[dot]com

Linna said...

I would love to read this book. I've answered the poll question. :D

linna.hsu at gmail dot com

Sarah said...

Please enter me in this giveaway! I answered the poll.

saemmerson at yahoo dot com

Sarah Emmerson

justpeachy36 said...

Please enter me in the contest...

justpeachy36@yahoo.com

I answered the poll.

A Bookshelf Monstrosity said...

Please enter me for this one! I voted in the poll :)

fitz12383(at)hotmail(dot)com

Margaret D. said...

I've been wanting to read this! Looks like a lively contest with a lot of entries - good luck to all.

Gita Madhu said...

gita_madhu@rediffmail.com:
Intriguing story! But would one have to pay shipping or something to get this?

christina said...

I'd love to win this. I'm due to give birth to my 3rd child this tues, dec.1st, and will be out of book purchasing range. I'm almost done with my current read and will be in literary need.I also voted in your poll.

cstovall36@yahoo.com

Agirlinthisvicinity said...

Please enter me. I've voted in the poll as well. :)

agirlinthisvicinity(at)gmail(dot)com

Michelle said...

Please enter me too! I voted in your poll. Thanks :)

Silent Raven said...

Hi Amy. This book sounds great. I just answered the poll. Please count me in!

carianmoonlight at gmail dot com

Mariana Dal Chico said...

I would lovo to win this book!
I answered the poll.
Please, enter me.

maryflorido(at)hotmail(dot)com

Bethie said...

Please count me in. I answered the poll question.

lizzi0915 at aol dot com

gahome2mom said...

I did the poll.

gahome2mom/at/gmail/to/com

Annie said...

Hey! Sounds like a really interesting book!!

I answered the poll question.

anto_90_5@hotmail.com

Thanks!!

Annie said...

Hey! Sounds like an interesting book!!

I answered the poll question!

My mail is: anto_90_5@hotmail.com

Thanks!!

Barb said...

What a lucky find!! I guess I should go looking for books in unusual spots. The review is great and creates a sense of wanting to read this book. Thanks for finding it. Please enter me.

I also answered your poll question.


bstilwell12 at comcast dot net

cantabile--xx said...

Sounds like a great read!

I answered in the poll!

alannakurt at gmail dot com

Thanks so much!

Helen said...

Thanks for the giveaway - the book sounds great!

I voted in the poll.

helenlovesbooks81[at]gmail[dot]com

Tiffany said...

Thank you for this giveaway - this sounds intriguing! I also answered your poll.

tiffanyannbutton[at]gmail[dot]com

Thank you again!

Dar said...

I'd love to enter for this one Amy. I had just finished answering your poll before I even read this. I always like your polls.

bj19662001 (at) yahoo (dot) ca

Chèli said...

Please enter me.

cyderryATyahooDOTcom
Chèli
Cheli's Shelves

Carol M said...

Please enter me. I would love to read this book!

I voted in the poll.

mittens0831 at aol dot com

Prachi said...

Hey Amy!

I voted on your poll...I own Girl with a Pearl Earring and would love to have a copy of The Lady and the Unicorn. And the word 'tapestry' is among my favourite sound-words!

my email add: prachitulshan@hotmail.com

Cheers!
Prachi

Prachi said...

Hi Amy!

Would love to enter for The Lady and the Unicorn. I possess a copy of Girl with a Pearl Earring. The word 'tapestry' is among my favourite sound-words!

email add: prachitulshan@hotmail.com

Cheers!
Prachi

AndreaZ said...

Hi Amy,

I would like to be entered into the draw for The Lady and The Unicorn. I own only 1 Tracy Chevalier book The Virgin Blue (which I loved)

My e-mail is zsigandr@yahoo.com.

Would love to see more reviews of HF novels!
Andrea

heatherzilla said...

I voted.

I loved the Girl With a Pearl Earring. Please include me in the giveaway.

Ladytink_534 said...

I'd like to win because it sounds beautiful!
Ladytink_534(at)yahoo(dot)com

Mandy said...

looks like a good book! Thanks for the giveaway :)

Bhumi said...

Please enter me into the contest. Sounds great!

And I voted in the poll.

dsandyboy said...

I'd like to see This Day In History. Please enter me in this contest.

dsandyboy@gmail.com

MARIA GRAZIA said...

Thanks for your wonderful giveaways. I voted in the poll.
My e-mail address is:
learnonline.mgs@gmail.com

pixie13 said...

Wonderful giveaway.
Voted in your poll.
Thanks1
!

gevin13{at}gmail{dot}com

dsandyboy said...

I voted in your poll. Please enter me.

dsandyboy@gmail.com

FrankSandy said...

I like the number of interviews you post. walkerd@primus.ca

~The Book Pixie said...

This sounds like a really great book. Please enter me. Voted in poll.

~Briana
thebookpixie[at]yahoo[dot]com

MUM said...

Voted in poll! Would love to win this book.

Marie
utah91960[at]yahoo[dot]com

Anonymous said...

Please enter me. walkerd@primus.ca