Sylvia Townsend Warner

The Corner That Held Them

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'A spellbinding piece of historical fiction . . . spare, luminous . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page' Sunday Times'A magnificent recreation of the life of a medieval convent' Daily TelegraphTo become a nun in the fourteenth century was often a business transaction rather than a spiritual calling; it is small wonder, then, that the inhabitants of Oby, a Benedictine convent, are prey to worldly ambitions, frustrations, pleasures and jealousies. An outbreak of the Black Death, the collapse of the convent spire and a nun's disappearance are dramas that are interwoven with the everyday life of the clositered commun… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-84408-804-1
EAN: 9781844088041
Produktnummer: 16358515
Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 416 S.
Masse: H19.9 cm x B13.4 cm x D2.7 cm 322 g
Gewicht: 322
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Born in Harrow (1893-1978), Sylvia Townsend Warner published seven novels, four volumes of poetry, a volume of essays and eight volumes of short stories. She lived most of her adult life with her close companion Valentine Ackland in Dorset and Norfolk.