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'A rich, surprising and devastating story of a female institution long-forgotten' Marj Charlier, author of The Rebel Nun A heretical text, a vengeful husband, a forbidden love... It's 1310 and Paris is alive with talk of the trial of the Templars. Religious repression is on the rise, and the smoke of execution pyres blackens the sky above the city. But sheltered behind the walls of Paris's great beguinage, a community of women are still free to work, study and live their lives away from the domination of men. When a wild, red-haired child clothed in rags arrives at the beguinage gate one morning, with a sinister Franciscan monk on her tail, she sets in motion a chain of events that will shatter the peace of this little world-plunging it into grave danger.

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The Mirror of Simple Souls: A Novel

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    A Hardback by Aline Kiner, Susan Emanuel

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      Publisher Pushkin Press
      Published 6 April 2023
      ISBN-13 9781782278306
      978-1782278306
      ISBN-10 1782278303
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      Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction

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      Book Synopsis
      'A rich, surprising and devastating story of a female institution long-forgotten' Marj Charlier, author of The Rebel Nun A heretical text, a vengeful husband, a forbidden love... It's 1310 and Paris is alive with talk of the trial of the Templars. Religious repression is on the rise, and the smoke of execution pyres blackens the sky above the city. But sheltered behind the walls of Paris's great beguinage, a community of women are still free to work, study and live their lives away from the domination of men. When a wild, red-haired child clothed in rags arrives at the beguinage gate one morning, with a sinister Franciscan monk on her tail, she sets in motion a chain of events that will shatter the peace of this little world-plunging it into grave danger.

      Trade Review
      'Brilliantly juggles history and fiction' - Le Figaro

      'Sensitive and subtle in substance, carnal and poetic in form... A luminous novel' - Huffingtonpost.fr

      'Leads us with brio into a little-known Middle Ages of strong, erudite, supportive, and generous women' - Page des libraires

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