num_pages: 288
description: What if Rapunzel was Snow Whites evil stepmother? From the author of Godmother and Mermaid The Fairest of Them All explores what happens when fairy tale heroines grow up and dont live happily ever after.Living in an enchanted forest Rapunzel spends her days tending a mystical garden with her adoptive mother Mathena. A witch Mathena was banished from court because of her magic powers though the women from the kingdom still seek her advice and herbal remedies. She waits biding her time to exact revenge against those who betrayed her.One day Rapunzels beautiful voice and long golden locks captivate a young prince hunting in the forest nearby. Overcome he climbs her hair up to her chamber and they fall into each others arms. But their afternoon of passion is fleeting and the prince must return to his kingdom as he is betrothed to another.Now king he marries his intended to bring peace to his kingdom. They have a stunning daughter named Snow White. Yet the king is haunted by his memories of Rapunzel and after the mysterious death of his wife realizes he is free to marry the woman he never stopped longing for. In hopes of also replacing the mother of his beloved daughter the king makes Rapunzel his queen.But when Mathenas wedding gift of an ancient mirror begins speaking to her Rapunzel falls under its evil spell and the king begins to realize that Rapunzel is not the beautiful kind woman he dreamed of.
language: English
title: The Fairest of Them All
publisher: Touchstone