Jill Paton Walsh Knowledge Of Angels (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)

Further DetailsTitle: Knowledge Of AngelsCondition: NewEAN: 9780552997805ISBN: 9780552997805Publisher: Black SwanFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/02/1998Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 127mmItem Width: 17mmItem Weight: 199gAuthor: Jill Paton WalshLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Man Booker prize shortlistISBN-10: 0552997803Description:

It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order; the other, a child abandoned by her mother and suckled by wolves, who knows nothing of the precarious relationship between Church and State but whose innocence will become the subject of a dangerous experiment.But the arrival of the Inquisition on the island creates a darker, more threatening force which will transform what has been a philosophical game of chess into a matter of life and death...

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