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The Burning Times: A Novel of Medieval France
Contributor(s): Kalogridis, Jeanne (Author)
ISBN: 0684869241     ISBN-13: 9780684869247
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
OUR PRICE:   $24.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2002
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Annotation: In the tradition of "The Mists of Avalon" and "The Name of the Rose, " an epic tale of romance, mystery, and danger set in the turbulent medieval period. "The Burning Times" sweeps readers into 14th-century France and into the life of Sybille, a young midwife well-schooled in the art of white magic.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Historical - General
- Fiction | Fantasy - General
- Fiction | Literary
Dewey: FIC
LCCN: 00046326
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 5.18" W x 7.98" (0.93 lbs) 400 pages
Themes:
- Theometrics - Secular
- Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453)
- Cultural Region - French
 
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Publisher Description:
The year is 1357. The Inquisition rages throughout medieval France, searching ruthlessly for heretics. In an epic tale of passion, mystery, and unspeakable danger, one woman faces the flames...and triumphs.

Mother Marie Fran oise, born Sybille, is a midwife with a precocious gift for magic -- a gift that makes her a prime target for persecution at the hands of the Church. She flees her village and takes refuge in a Franciscan sisterhood. Before long, Sybille's unusual powers bring her under the scrutiny of the Inquisition. Michel, a pious and compassionate monk sent to hear her confession, finds himself drawn more intimately into Sybille's life and destiny than either of them could have imagined.
Like a magician herself, Jeanne Kalogridis weaves a tale of star-crossed love, of faith and heresy, of mysticism and witchcraft, against a fascinating historical backdrop -- the Black Death, the Hundred Years' War, and the catastrophic defeat of France at the hands of the English. The result is a page-turning novel about one of the most intriguing periods in history.