02329cam a2200433 i 4500 409617926 TxAuBib 20200109120000.0 200109s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017940089 9781368009010 $17.99 1368009018 $17.99 (OCoLC)972635511 TxAuBib rda Valentino, Serena. Mistress of All Evil: A Tale of the Dark Fairy [Print]. Hardback. Disney Press, 2017. 309 pages : 19cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Villains ; 4 The tale is told as if it's happening once upon a dream: the lovely maiden meets her handsome prince in the woods. The story has been told many times and in many ways. But always the maiden finds out that she is a princess-a princess who has been cursed by a dark fairy to prick her finger on a spindle and fall into an eternal sleep. Though her three good fairies try to protect her, the princess succumbs to the curse. But the power of good endures, as her true love defeats the fire-breathing dragon and awakens the princess with true love's first kiss. The two live happily ever after. And yet this is only half the story. So what of the dark fairy, Maleficent? Why does she curse the innocent princess? What led to her becoming so filled with malice, anger, and hatred? Many tales have tried to explain her motives. Here is one account, pulled down from the many passed down through the ages. It is a tale of love and betrayal, of magic and reveries. It is a tale of the Mistress of All Evil. 20200109. Fairies Juvenile fiction. Fairies Fiction. Good and evil Juvenile fiction. Good and evil Fiction. Blessing and cursing Juvenile fiction. Blessing and cursing Fiction. Magic Juvenile fiction. Magic Fiction. Sleeping Beauty (Tale) Juvenile fiction. Sleeping Beauty (Tale) Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Villains ; 4. TXTLL