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Pilgrims / Matthew Kneale.
Van Pelt Library PR6061.N37 P55 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kneale, Matthew, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages--Italy--Rome--Fiction.
- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages.
- Religion--Fiction.
- Religion.
- Belief and doubt--Fiction.
- Belief and doubt.
- Manners and customs.
- England.
- Italy--Rome.
- Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
- Interpersonal relations.
- England--Social life and customs--1066-1485--Fiction.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Historical fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 343 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Atlantic Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The year 1289. A rich farmer fears he'll go to hell for cheating his neighbours. His wife wants pilgrim badges to sew into her hat and show off at church. A poor, ragged villager is convinced his beloved cat is suffering in the fires of purgatory and must be rescued. A mother is convinced her son's dangerous illness is punishment for her own adultery and seeks forgiveness so he may be cured. A landlord is in trouble with the church after he punched an abbot on the nose. A sexually driven noblewoman seeks a divorce so she can marry her new young beau. These are among a group of pilgrims that sets off on the tough and dangerous journey from England to Rome, where they hope all their troubles will be answered. Some in the party who have their own, secret reasons for going."--Publisher.
- Other Format:
- Ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781786492371
- 1786492377
- OCLC:
- 1126797496
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