LADIES Retold Tales of Goddesses and Heroines

With ten signature paintings and numerous drawings, Boris Vallejo depicts a magical time when goddesses roamed the earth, perfectly accompanying Doris Vallejo's poetic and chilling retelling of ten classic tales. This is myth transfigured by a modern sensibility, presenting mythic stories from the perspectives of goddesses, heroines, sorceresses, princesses, wives, and daughters. Readers encounter Persephone, condemned by a god's adoration to live six months each year in the kingdom of death; The Gorgon, a great beauty transformed into monstrosity by her longing to be loved; Apollo's mortal bride, Coronis, who is left behind each time her godly husband returns to the heavens; and Pandora, who uncovers knowledge no mortal was meant to possess, paying the ultimate price. Boris Vallejo is one of the world's top fantasy artists, best known as the visual creator of Conan the Barbarian, and he lives in Allentown, PA. Doris Vallejo is the author of Windsound and The Boy Who Saved the Stars. Out of Print. Condition: Fine. Softly bumped corners.