{"product_id":"9780006550198","title":"The Blue Flower","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Fitzgerald, Penelope \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 24\/05\/1996,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780006550198,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the Booker Prize-winning author of â€˜Offshoreâ€™ comes this unusual romance between the poet Novalis and his fiancÃ©e Sophie, newly introduced by Candia McWilliam.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The year is 1794 and Fritz, passionate, idealistic and brilliant, is seeking his fatherâ€™s permission to announce his engagement to his heartâ€™s desire: twelve-year-old Sophie. His astounded family and friends are amused and disturbed by his betrothal. What can he be thinking?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Tracing the dramatic early years of the young German who was to become the great romantic poet and philosopher Novalis, â€˜The Blue Flowerâ€™ is a masterpiece of invention, evoking the past with a reality that we can almost feel.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697775018028,"sku":"9780006550198","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780006550198.jpg?v=1722603150","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780006550198","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}