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Troubadour
Mary Hoffman
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Description for Troubadour
Paperback. A troubadour, Bertran, witnesses the brutal murder of the Pope's legate, and risks his life to warn others of the war that he knows is certain to follow this act. The lands of the peaceable Cathars - deemed heretics - are now forfeit and under threat from crusaders who have been given authority by the Pope to take the Cathar domains by force. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFT. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
This is a story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in thirteenth century southern France. A troubadour, Bertran, witnesses the brutal murder of the Pope's legate, and risks his life to warn others of the war that he knows is certain to follow this act. The lands of the peaceable Cathars - deemed heretics - are now forfeit and under threat from crusaders who have been given authority by the Pope to take the Cathar domains by force. But the Pope is trying to track Bertran down and so is somebody else: Elinor, a young noblewoman, in love ... Read more
This is a story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in thirteenth century southern France. A troubadour, Bertran, witnesses the brutal murder of the Pope's legate, and risks his life to warn others of the war that he knows is certain to follow this act. The lands of the peaceable Cathars - deemed heretics - are now forfeit and under threat from crusaders who have been given authority by the Pope to take the Cathar domains by force. But the Pope is trying to track Bertran down and so is somebody else: Elinor, a young noblewoman, in love ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747592525
SKU
V9780747592525
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About Mary Hoffman
Mary Hoffman is an acclaimed children's author and critic. She is the author of the internationally bestselling picture book Amazing Grace. Her Stravaganza sequence for Bloomsbury has its own fan forum and the latest, Stravaganza - City of Secrets, was longlisted for the Carnegie Medal and The Falconer's Knot was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award. She has three grown-up ... Read more
Reviews for Troubadour
'A wonderfully old-fashioned romance' Telegraph 'Well researched and rivetingly readable, this runaway bride makes the perfect read' The Times