The Mirror of Simple Souls : A Novel
by
Aline Kiner
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
178227832X
ISBN-13
9781782278320
Publisher
Pushkin Press
Imprint
Pushkin Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 25th, 2024
Print length
320 Pages
Weight
282 grams
Dimensions
20.00 x 13.00 x 2.50 cms
Product Classification:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Historical fictionFiction in translation
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'A remarkable evocation of hidden aspects of the medieval world... Kiner blends unfamiliar history with a compelling account of women struggling in a society determined to shackle them' - Sunday Times, Historical Fiction Book of the MonthIt's 1310 and Paris is alive with talk of the trial of the Templars. Religious repression is on the rise, and the smoke of execution pyres blackens the sky above the city. But sheltered behind the walls of Paris's great beguinage, a community of women are still free to work, study and live their lives away from the domination of men. When a wild, red-haired child clothed in rags arrives at the beguinage gate one morning, with a sinister Franciscan monk on her tail, she sets in motion a chain of events that will shatter the peace of this little world-plunging it into grave danger...
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