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Delacorte Press
October 2009
On Sale: September 29, 2009
528 pages
ISBN: 0385341709
EAN: 9780385341707
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Mystery Historical | Suspense
From the author of Company of Liars, hailed as “a jewel of
a medieval mystery”* and “an atmospheric tale of treachery
and magic,”** comes a magnificent new novel of an
embattled village and a group of courageous women who are
set on a collision course—in an unforgettable storm of
secrets, lust, and rage.England, 1321. The tiny village of
Ulewic teeters between survival and destruction, faith and
doubt, God and demons. For shadowing the villagers’ lives
are men cloaked in masks and secrecy, ruling with
violence, intimidation, and terrifying fiery rites: the
Owl Masters. But another force is touching Ulewic—a newly
formed community built and served only by women. Called a
beguinage, it is a safe harbor of service and faith in
defiance of the all-powerful Church. Behind the walls of
this sanctuary, women have gathered from all walks of
life: a skilled physician, a towering former prostitute, a
cook, a local convert. But life in Ulewic is growing more
dangerous with each passing day. The women are the subject
of rumors, envy, scorn, and fury…until the daughter of
Ulewic’s most powerful man is cast out of her home and
accepted into the beguinage—and battle lines are
drawn.Into this drama are swept innocents and
conspirators: a parish priest trying to save himself from
his own sins…a village teenager, pregnant and terrified…a
woman once on the verge of sainthood, now cast out of the
Church.…With Ulewic ravaged by flood and disease, and with
villagers driven by fear, a secret inside the beguinage
will draw the desperate and the depraved—until masks are
dropped, faith is tested…and every lie is exposed.*New
York Times Book Review**Marie Claire
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