Baroque Fable [Paperback]

Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Berkley (July 1, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425090817
• ISBN-13: 978-0425090817
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,142,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A wonderfully humorous journey of fun with dragons., August 2, 1997

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This review is from: Baroque Fable (Paperback)

A light hearted fantasy adventure, A Baroque Fable is a novel I would recommend to any lover of humorous fantasy, silly songs, bored royalty, fairy tales, love, maidens turned dragon, or crompets. It may not be a literary masterpiece to be studied by captive students for centuries to come, but it is a highly entertaining tale well worth the read

5.0 out of 5 stars Witches, Dragons and Chumley's-Oh My!, December 21, 2008

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M. Jones "bookjunkie" (new hampshire) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baroque Fable (Paperback)

I've loved this book since I first read it 22 years ago. It's silly, romantic (in fairy-tale fashion), and utterly delightful!
Poor Esmerelda is turned into a dragon by a wicked witch only to be hunted by Prince Andre who longs for adventure. This is complicated by the fact that Esmerelda falls in love with Andre at first sight.
Also, from the fact that Andre's over-protective mother cries when he gets a hair-cut, you can imagine how she reacts to his dragon hunting. And his father the king is more interested in his knitting.
His joined on his quest by his sister the Princess Felicia because she's bored by everything else and figures dragon hunting might be somewhat interesting, and an assistant baker.
Add to this the Evil Villian who enjoys taste-testing the various poisons his subjects keep trying to kill him with; Chumley, an extremely strong and extremely stupid minion used by the villian to 'dispose' of troublemakers, the fact that any of the characters are apt to burst into song at a moment's notice and the page Francis (or is it Frances?) and you have a light-hearted romp of a novel.
If you're looking for serious Tolkien-esque fantasy this is NOT the book you want. 'Baroque Fable' is charming, nonsensical fun.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXELENT, August 31, 2002

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This review is from: Baroque Fable (Paperback)

I THINK THIS BOOK WAS COOL. I READ IT 15 TIMES AND THEN MY MOM READ IT. THIS BOOK IS FOR PEOPLE WHO LOVE VAMPIRES AND LOVE. IF YOU LOVE THINGS THAT TELL OF OLD THIS THE BOOK FOR YOU.