The passion of Dolssa :
Berry, Julie, 1974-
The passion of Dolssa : a novel / Julie Berry. - 478 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Ages 14-17
9780451469922
2015020814
PZ7.B461747 / Pas 2016
FIC Berry
The passion of Dolssa : a novel / Julie Berry. - 478 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
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.
Ages 14-17
9780451469922
2015020814
PZ7.B461747 / Pas 2016
FIC Berry