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The Falconer´s Knot
Mary Hoffman
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Description for The Falconer´s Knot
Paperback. Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been ousted from her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a neighboring convent and friary. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 5AN; YFCB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 203 x 128 x 19. Weight in Grams: 256.
Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been ousted from her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a neighbouring convent and friary. And when they meet they are instantly aware that they are both outsiders, ill at ease with monastic life. Then a grisly murder - followed by another, and then another - strikes fear into the close-knit community. Chiara and Silvano cling together within the terrifying spiral of ... Read more
Silvano and Chiara are two teenagers with a difference. Silvano has been accused of a murder he did not commit. Chiara has been ousted from her family as a young woman with no marriage prospects. For these two very different reasons they are forced to seek refuge in a neighbouring convent and friary. And when they meet they are instantly aware that they are both outsiders, ill at ease with monastic life. Then a grisly murder - followed by another, and then another - strikes fear into the close-knit community. Chiara and Silvano cling together within the terrifying spiral of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780747589006
SKU
V9780747589006
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About Mary Hoffman
Mary Hoffman is a bestselling children's writer and critic, and the author of the hugely popular Stravaganza series. She is also the author of the bestselling Amazing Grace picture books. Mary is the editor of Armadillo, a children's literature review magazine. She has three grown-up daughters and lives with her husband in West Oxfordshire.
Reviews for The Falconer´s Knot
'Mary Hoffman's medieval murder mystery has all the ingredients needed to weave a satisfying web of intrigue ... This is a pacy and highly enjoyable read ... there is a freshness of perspective and intricacy of plot that lifts the story above the obvious or crass. The female characters and their struggles to find some autonomy beyond the confines of ... Read more