Review
I have learned so much from Margaret Drabble's work. Her prose is very beautiful, very funny, and the same time very serious -- SALLY ROONEY
Each of Margaret Drabble's novels has been an accurate, honest record of its time in the idiom of its time -- URSULA K. LE GUIN
Full of life - Independent
Utterly gripping . . . Rarely has feminist escapism been so stylishly disguised - Guardian
Truly fascinating . . . Cannot fail to absorb the reader - Sunday Telegraph
The book is a pure delight, its formal puzzles intriguing and, in quieter moments, the bonds between the two very different women wholly convincing - Telegraph
Elegant . . . A seductive beguiling narrator . . . Delicious history - Daily Express
Engrossing and provocative: a scarlet narrative thread reminds us how magical the novel can be in telling stories and lives - Kirkus Reviews
Carefully wrought and beautifully written The Red Queen is another fine addition to the Drabble oeuvre - Literary Review
Book Description
Set between eighteenth century Korea and the present day, The Red Queen is a rich, atmospheric novel about love and what it means to be remembered
About the Author
Dame Margaret Drabble was born in Sheffield in 1939 and was educated at Newnham College, Cambridge. She is the author of eighteen novels including A Summer Bird-Cage, The Millstone, The Peppered Moth, The Red Queen, The Sea Lady and most recently, the highly acclaimed The Pure Gold Baby. She has also written biographies, screenplays and was the editor of the Oxford Companion to English Literature. She was appointed CBE in 1980, and made DBE in the 2008 Honours list. She was also awarded the 2011 Golden PEN Award for a Lifetime's Distinguished Service to Literature. She is married to the biographer Michael Holroyd.