The Illuminator - Softcover

Vantrease, Brenda Rickman

 
9780312331924: The Illuminator
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0312331924 ISBN 13: 9780312331924
Verlag: St. Martin's Griffin, 2001

Inhaltsangabe

A glowing first novel that brings us "historical fiction in the grand epic manner, beautifully felt and written"

It is England, in the fourteenth century -- a time of plague, political unrest and the earliest stirrings of the Reformation. The printing press had yet to be invented, and books were rare and costly, painstakingly lettered by hand and illuminated with exquisite paintings. Finn is a master illuminator who works not only for the Church but also, in secret, for John Wycliffe of Oxford, who professes the radical idea that the Bible should be translated into English for everyone to read. Finn has another secret as well, one that leads him into danger when he meets Lady Kathryn of Blackingham Manor, a widow struggling to protect her inheritance from the depredations of Church and Crown alike. Finn's alliance with Lady Kathryn will take us to the heart of what Barbara Tuchman once called "the calamitous fourteenth century."

Richly detailed and irresistibly compelling, Brenda Rickman Vantrease's The Illuminator is a glorious story of love, art, religion, and treachery at an extraordinary turning point in history.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

BRENDA RICKMAN VANTREASE is a former English teacher and librarian who has traveled extensively in the British Isles. She is the author of the novels The Illuminator, The Mercy Seller, and The Heretic's Wife. She holds a Ph.D. in English and lives in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Verlag
St. Martin's Griffin
Erscheinungsdatum
2001
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0312331924
ISBN 13 
9780312331924
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
432
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Verantwortliche Person
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Europaallee 1
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Deutschland

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