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Troubadour

Troubadour

by Mary Hoffman (Author)

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    Hardcover 2009

    $3.25
Synopsis

A story of persecution and poetry, love and war set in 13th-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 with Bertran but facing a loveless arranged marriage, flees her family and becomes a minstrel herself. Soon both Bertan and Elinor find themselves enveloped in a rising tide of bloodshed that threatens the very fabric of their society.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 304
 Edition: First Edition; 1st printing.
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Aug 2009
ISBN 10: 0747592519
ISBN 13: 9780747592518
Children’s book age: 12+ Years
 Book Overview: Full of drama and action, this novel will appeal to all fans of The Falconer's Knot The Falconer's Knot was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award Mary Hoffman has a huge fanbase with her Stravaganza sequence, repackaged recently with a dramatic new cover look Sales of the Stravaganza sequence total over 180,000 copies

Media Reviews
Praise for 'Falconer's Knot': 'A pacy and highly enjoyable read there is a freshness of perspective and intricacy of plot that lifts the story above the obvious or crass. The female characters and their struggles to find some autonomy beyond the confines of the roles allotted to them provide a particularly vivid thread beneath the mystery narrative I defy anyone to read this book and not want to visit Assisi' Guardian
Author Bio
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 shorlisted for the Carnegie Medal and The Falconer's Knot was shortlisted for the Guardian Fiction Award. She has three grown-up children and lives with her husband in West Oxfordshire.