Knowledge Of Angels
Knowledge Of Angels
Jill Paton Walsh
It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order;
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It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order; the other, a child abandoned by her mother and suckled by wolves, who knows nothing of the precarious relationship between Church and State but whose innocence will become the subject of a dangerous experiment.
But the arrival of the Inquisition on the island creates a darker, more threatening force which will transform what has been a philosophical game of chess into a matter of life and death...
Product Description
Title - Knowledge Of Angels
Edition -
Author - Jill Paton Walsh
ISBN 13 - 9780552997805
Imprint - Black Swan
Publisher - Transworld Publishers Ltd
Date Published - 02/01/1998
Prize -
No. of pages -
Binding Type - Paperback
Dimensions - 127 x 198 x 17mm
Weight - 199 g
Languages - English