{"product_id":"gondals-queen-9780292727113","title":"Gondals Queen","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e In \u003ci\u003eGondal’s Queen\u003c\/i\u003e, Fannie Elizabeth Ratchford presents a cycle of eighty-four poems by Emily Jane Brontë, for the first time arranged in logical sequence, to re-create the “novel in verse” which Emily wrote about their beloved mystical kingdom of Gondal and its ruler, Augusta Geraldine Almeda, who brought tragedy to those who loved her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Thanks to previous publications by Ratchford, the imaginative world of Gondal is well known not only to Brontë scholars but also to general readers. Only in the present book, however, with Emily’s lovely poems restored to the setting which gave them being, can the full impact of this extraordinary literary creation be realized. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The life story of Gondal’s Queen, from portentous birth to tragic death, is set in a world compounded of dark Gothic romance and Byronic extravagance; yet out of it emerges not only a real country of wild moor sheep and piercingly beautiful nights but also the por\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Argument \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dramatis Personae \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Geographical Background \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter I: The Birth of a Princess \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter II: Love Dawns \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter III: Alexander, Lord of Elbë \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter IV: The Lady of Aspin Castle \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter V: Julius Again \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter VI: Conquest \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter VII: Revenge \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter VIII: Crumbling of an Empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter IX: The Fugitive \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter X: Fifteen Wild Decembers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter XI: Fernando De Samara \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter XII: The Death of a Queen \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix I: Emily Brontë’s Poems Pertaining to the Republican-Royalist War in Gondal \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix II: Emily and Anne Brontë’s Prose Notes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index of First Lines \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e General Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400861524311,"sku":"9780292727113","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780292727113.jpg?v=1730471773","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/gondals-queen-9780292727113","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}