Knowledge of Angels

Knowledge of Angels
Authors
Walsh, Jill Paton
Publisher
Transworld Digital
Tags
fantasy , religion , philosophy
ISBN
9781446423042
Date
1994-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.28 MB
Lang
en
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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...