Title: Sacred Hearts
Author: Sarah Dunant
Paperback: 480 pages
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd (5 Jan 2010)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1844083306
ISBN-13: 978-1844083305
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 3.6 cm
Product Description
1570 in the Italian city of Ferrara, and the convent of Santa Caterina is filled with noble women who are married to Christ because many cannot find husbands outside. Enter sixteen-year-old Serafina, ripped by her family from an illicit love affair, howling with rage and hormones and determined to escape. While on the other side of the great walls, counter-reformation forces in the Church are pushing for change, inside, Serafina’s spirit and defiance ignite a fire that threatens to engulf the whole convent. SACRED HEARTS is a novel about power, creativity and passion – both of the body and of the soul. Hidden history brought alive by a wonderful storyteller, renowned for her Italian Renaissance novels.
About the Author
Sarah Dunant is a cultural commentator, award-winning thriller writer and author of a trilogy of novels set in renaissance Italy exploring women’s lives through art, sex and religion.
