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Sacred Hearts
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Sacred Hearts
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Sarah Dunant
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:480 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 197,Width 129 |
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| Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Historical mysteries |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9781844089116
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| Classifications | Dewey:823.914 |
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Little, Brown Book Group
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| Imprint |
Virago Press Ltd
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| Publication Date |
3 January 2013 |
| Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
1570 in the Italian city of Ferrara. Sixteen-year-old Serafina is fipped by her family from an illicit love affair and forced into the convent of Santa Caterina, renowned for its superb music. Serafina's one weapon is her glorious voice, but she refuses to sing. Madonna Chiara, an abbess as fluent in politics as she is in prayer, finds her new charge has unleased a power play - rebellion, ecstasies and hysterias - within the convent. However, watching over Serafina is Zuana, the sister in charge of the infirmary, who understands and might even challenge her incarceration.
Author Biography
Sarah Dunant is the author of six crime novels for which she won two Silver Daggers. Cultural commentator - for many years she presented The Late Show - she was editor of War of the Words (Virago 1994). Her two previous novels, TRANSGRESSIONS and MAPPING THE EDGE, were the subject of major acclaim.
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