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Title Statement | Sacred hearts / Sarah Dunant. |
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Author | Dunant, Sarah |
Publication | London: Virago Press, 2009. |
Extent of Item | 471 p. |
ISBN | 1844085961 9781844085965 |
Other Number | 1957358 |
Bibliography | Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-469). |
Summary | In sixteenth-century Italy, sixteen-year-old Serafina is separated from her lover and sent by her father to live in the convent of Santa Caterina where she is befriended by Zuana, the convent's apothecary. Angry and determined to escape, Serafina challenges Zuana's world views and the entire political structure of Santa Caterina. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Convents--Fiction--Italy |
Nuns--Fiction | |
Teenage girls--Fiction | |
Man-woman relationships--Fiction | |
Female friendship--Fiction | |
Women--Fiction--Social conditions--Italy | |
By Location | Ferrara (Italy)--Fiction--History--16th century |
By Genre | Historical fiction |
Love stories |