The Cloister and the Hearth/
Published by : A Beka Book, (Pensacola, FL:) Physical details: 354 p. 21 cm. ISBN:1502493543. Year: 2002| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Asian Hope Secondary Library | Fiction | FIC REA (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 201591 |
A picaresque historical novel by Charles Reade, published in 1861 and set in late medieval Holland and Europe. The novel focuses on the story of a young scribe and illuminator named Gerard Eliason and his love for Margaret Brandt, daughter of a poor scholar. Interacting with them is a cast of vividly drawn characters and various historical personages. The overarching theme through all of their adventures is the conflict between man's obligations to family and to Church. Long considered a literary classic, it has been critically acclaimed as one of the greatest historical novels in English. Reade affected a medieval writing style and used much archaic language even for his nineteenth century readers
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