Format:
Book
Author:
Berry, Julie, 1974- author.
Title:
The passion of Dolssa : a novel / Julie Berry.
Publisher, Date:
New York, New York : Viking, 2016.
Description:
478 pages : map ; 22 cm
Summary:
In mid-thirteenth century Provence, Dolssa de Stigata is a fervently religious girl who feels the call to preach, condemned by the Inquisition as an "unnatural woman," and hunted by the Dominican Friar Lucien who fears a resurgence of the Albigensian heresy; Botille is a matchmaker trying to protect her sisters from being branded as gypsies or witches--but when she finds the hunted Dolssa dying on a hillside, she feels compelled to protect her, a decision that may cost her everything.
Subjects:
Albigenses -- Fiction.
Inquisition -- France -- Provence -- Fiction.
Christian heresies -- Fiction.
Faith -- Fiction.
Provence (France) -- History -- 13th century -- Fiction.
France -- History -- Louis IX, 1226-1270 -- Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Other Title:
Michael L. Printz Honor book, 2017.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-478).
LCCN:
2015020814
ISBN:
9780451469922 (hbk.)
0451469925 (hbk.)
Other Number:
923254971
System Availability:
1
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
1
Control Number:
585837
Call Number:
TEEN Berry ^Historical
Course Reserves:
0
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