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Sacred hearts a novel

The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara, noblewomen find space to pursue their lives under God's protection. But any community, however smoothly run, suffers tremors when it takes in someone by force. And the arrival of Santa Caterina's new no...

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Main Author: Dunant, Sarah.
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Random House, 2009.
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Subjects:
Nuns > Fiction.
Convents > Fiction.
Women > Italy > Social conditions > 16th century > Fiction.
Ferrara (Italy) > Fiction.
Italy > Fiction.
Historical fiction > Italy.
Summary: The year is 1570, and in the convent of Santa Caterina, in the Italian city of Ferrara, noblewomen find space to pursue their lives under God's protection. But any community, however smoothly run, suffers tremors when it takes in someone by force. And the arrival of Santa Caterina's new novice sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the convent to its core.
Item Description: "Originally published in the United Kingdom by Virago Press, an imprint of the Little, Brown Book Group, London" -- verso.
Includes bibliography: p. [413]-415.
Physical Description: 415 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9781400063826 (alk. paper)
1400063825 (alk. paper)
Author Notes: She began her career writing mysteries, but with her last book, TRANSGRESSIONS (ReganBooks/HarperCollins), graduated to more ambitious, cutting-edge psychological thrillers. Three of her six books, including TRANSGRESSIONS, have been shortlisted for Britain's prestigious Edgar equivalent, the Golden Dagger award, and her third novel, FATLANDS, won the Silver Dagger. As a journalist and critic she has worked extensively in print, radio and television, where for many years she hosted her own show on BBC2. She has also edited two books of essays. Dunant lives in London with her family.

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