by JeanTeulé (Author), Melanie Florence ( Translator ) (Author)
Little Helene Jegado had always been different. Schooled in the ancient beliefs of the Breton people by her mother, the beautiful child grows up feeling detached from the nineteenth-century world around her and yet destined for a terrible vocation: to do the work of l'Ankou, death's henchman. Beginning with the demise of her very own maman...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: Translation
Publisher: Gallic Books
Published: 14 Jul 2014
ISBN 10: 1908313684
ISBN 13: 9781908313683
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