The Passion of Dolssa
A Novel
New York, New York : Viking, 2016.
Format: Book
Description: 478 pages : illustration ; 22 cm
In mid-thirteenth century Provence, Dolssa de Stigata is a fervently religious girl who feels the call to preach, condemned by the Inquisition as an "unnatural woman," and hunted by the Dominican Friar Lucien who fears a resurgence of the Albigensian heresy; Botille is a matchmaker trying to protect her sisters from being branded as gypsies or witches--but when she finds the hunted Dolssa dying on a hillside, she feels compelled to protect her, a decision that may cost her everything.
Subjects:
Albigenses -- Teen fiction.
Inquisition -- France -- Provence -- Teen fiction.
Christian heresies -- Teen fiction.
Faith -- Teen fiction.
Provence (France) -- History -- 13th century -- Teen fiction.
France -- History -- Louis IX, 1226-1270 -- Teen fiction.
Albigenses -- Teen fiction.
Inquisition -- France -- Provence -- Teen fiction.
Christian heresies -- Teen fiction.
Faith -- Teen fiction.
Provence (France) -- History -- 13th century -- Teen fiction.
France -- History -- Louis IX, 1226-1270 -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: HL650L
ISBN:
9780451469922 (hardcover)
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 477-478).