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The Falcons of Fire and Ice

ID 461570
Slug the-falcons-of-fire-and-ice-maitland-karen
Contributors
Author : Karen Maitland
Annotation <P>Step back in time with Maitland's dark tales. 1564, Lisabon, the Inquisition display ist power and spreads fear. </P>
Description 1564, Lisbon. The Inquisition displays its power and ruthlessly spreads fear. Heretics are tortured and burned. Any who oppose the Church's will realize that silence is preferable to a slow and agonizing death. Isabela, daughter of the Falconer at the Royal Court, is about to be caught in the Church's terrifying schemes. The slaughter of two of the King's precious white falcons sees her father arrested and imprisoned. As punishment he and his family will be killed unless the birds are replaced. Isabela, young and headstrong, decides that only she can save her father. These birds are impossibly rare, and she will have to travel far and into strange lands to find them to clear her father's name. It is a journey that will take her into a dark and dangerous world filled with menacing people driven by fearful beliefs. And, unfortunately for Isabela, the Church has sent a companion to ensure she never returns . .
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350 Fictie overig algemeen NUR
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Publisher Penguin
Imprint
Language eng
Page count 580
Duration
Publication date first 1970-01-01
Publication date latest 2013-03-28
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Editions
  • ISBN: 9781405911764 (BC)

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