The Devil's Door
by:
Sharan Newman (author)
A wealthy countess is dying at the Convent of the Paraclete, brutally beaten by unknown assailants. Despite entreaties, she is unwilling to name her killer. Beautiful Catherine LeVendeur, the Paraclete's most learned young novice-scholar, vows to find out the identity of the woman's attacker. But...
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A wealthy countess is dying at the Convent of the Paraclete, brutally beaten by unknown assailants. Despite entreaties, she is unwilling to name her killer. Beautiful Catherine LeVendeur, the Paraclete's most learned young novice-scholar, vows to find out the identity of the woman's attacker. But Catherine is torn between a quest for justice and a pledge to her beloved.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780765310347 (0765310341)
Publish date: July 1st 2004
Publisher: Forge Books
Pages no: 384
Edition language: English
Series: Catherine LeVendeur (#2)
Catherine is trying to decide whether or not to stay in the convent or marry her. The Convent has inherited a plot of land from a woman who arrives battered, bruised and barely alive. Everyone seems to want this land. Then a body is found decapitated and someone is trying to incite anti-semetic f...
The second installment in this series is a solid good. The characters are so likeable and believable, and Newman does a good job of bringing that world to life. However, the conflicts with Peter Abelard and Heloise go on a bit too long and slow the story down. It's not as interesting as the first on...
The story in this historical novel takes place during the time period leading up to the final confrontation between Bernard of Clairvaux and Peter Abelard at the council of Sens. (The novel says this occurred 1140 A.D.; Wikipedia says 1141 A.D.) This historical setting is peripheral to the fictiona...
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