The passion of Dolssa / by Julie Berry.
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TextDescription: 478 pages ; 22 cmISBN: 9780451469922; 0451469925Subject(s): Albigenses -- Juvenile fiction | Inquisition -- France -- Provence -- Juvenile fiction | Christian heresies -- Juvenile fiction | Faith -- Juvenile fiction | Albigenses -- Fiction | Inquisition -- Fiction | Christian heresies -- Fiction | Faith -- Fiction | Provence (France) -- History -- 13th century -- Juvenile fiction | France -- History -- Louis IX, 1226-1270 -- Juvenile fiction | Provence (France) -- History -- 13th century -- Fiction | France -- History -- Louis IX, 1226-1270 -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction | Young adult fiction. DDC classification: 813.6 | Fic LOC classification: PZ7.B461747 | Pas 2016Summary: 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.
| Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Martha's Vineyard High School Library | FIC/BERRY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39844500044017 |
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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.
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