The mirror of simple souls : a novel
Kiner, Aline2023
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In the heart of 14th century Paris the great beguinage is an enclave, under royal protection, where single women can live apart from men. Widowed or unmarried, rich or poor, here they can study, work and trade in freedom. Ysabel chose to withdraw here twenty years ago. For Ada as well, the beguinage is a refuge. Upon the death of her husband, killed in the battle of Courtrai, she settled here, withdrawn from the world. But a newcomer is about to shatter the tranquility of this little universe. One morning in January 1310, Ysabel discovers a wild child in rags at the door of the beguinage. Her red hair is hidden under a coarse kerchief. Silent, rebellious, Maheut the Red has fled a terrifying arranged marriage to the lord of Hainaut, her native region. Now a sinister Franciscan monk is searching the city, relentlessly tracking her down.
Main title:
The mirror of simple souls : a novel / Aline Kiner ; translated by Susan Emanuel.
Author:
Kiner, Aline, authorEmanuel, Susan, translator
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2023.
Collation:
320 pages ; 22 cm
Notes:
Translated from the French.
ISBN:
9781782278306 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
843.92HIS
Language:
EnglishFrench
BRN:
2337358
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