Spindle's End

The evil fairy Pernicia has set a curse on Princess Briar-Rose: she is fated to prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and fall into an endless poisoned sleep. Katriona a young fairy kidnaps the princess in order to save her; she and her aunt raise the child in their small village where no one knows her true identity. But Pernicia is looking for her intent on revenge for a defeat four hundred years old. Robin McKinley''s masterful version of Sleeping Beauty is like all of her work a remarkable literary feat.