Summary
1570 in the Italian city of Ferrara. Sixteen-year-old Serafina is ripped from her family by 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 unleashed a power play - rebellion, ecstasies and hysterias - within the convent. However, watching over Serafina is Zuana, the sister in ch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781844089116 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1844089118 |
| Author: | Sarah Dunant |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 26 March 2013 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 129mm x 31mm |
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Sarah Dunant
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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