The Burning Times by Jeanne Kalogridis is being re-released by Harper Collins on August 1, 2009!Medieval France, witchcraft and lust...what more can you want in a novel? I really enjoyed The Borgia Bride and I've heard a lot of good things about I, Mona Lisa, so I am definitely picking this one up!
What about you dear readers?! Are you a Jeanne Kalogridis fan?
Synopsis...
A sweeping historical epic and powerful romantic drama set in medieval France: a time of the Great Plague, of witchcraft, and the Inquisition. During the height of superstition, in the midst of the Great Plague, religious fervour and terror of witchcraft sweep fourteenth-century France. Locked in a torture chamber within the walled city of Carcassonne the Abbess Marie Francoise listens helplessly to the screams of her sisters while she awaits the arrival of the Inquisition to take her confession. As relapsa, the worst of heretics, a fiery death awaits her at the stake. The Grand Inquisitor's scribe, Brother Michel, arrives with his mentor, Father Charles, confident that her soul can be saved. But upon meeting the Abbess, Michel is assailed by a sudden, horrifying wave of desire for her: a desire that is both physical, and attended by memories of another man's life; and spiritual: for surely this is the woman he saw with his own eyes perform a miracle outside the Palace of the Popes in holy Avignon? As the Abbess slowly divulges her past, Michel's safe and ordered world is ripped apart. Her tale will shake the very foundation of his belief, while his heart will be trapped between the cleansing fires of Christian purity and the seductive flames of his desire.
Not sure about it, lovely cover though....still unsure
ReplyDeleteI am a *huge* Kalogridis fan! I am reading The Devil's Queen as we speak, and I'll be picking up this reissue for sure! Have you read I, Mona Lisa? Excellent book!
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I haven't read her yet, waiting for Devil's Queen to come in at the library. I see they have this one already in the catalog so I'll have to try it once the hold requests ease up (they are taking over my life again).
ReplyDeleteI am not familiar with this author but this definitely sounds like a book I would read and enjoy!
ReplyDeleteAmy I have never read this author, but I think I'm going to have to read her pretty soon, this sounds like a great one. I love stories like these.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up!
Hi, Amy! Is this being reissued in the U.S.? I can't find any info to order it. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteLezlie
Interesting plot.. and a great counterpart to Sacred Hearts by Dunant wouldn't you think?
ReplyDeleteI haven't gotten around to reading the Borgia bride but I have ordered the new one.. I think so anyway.. (I went on a binge and bought 15 books in one sitting) hee hee
I have not read this author, but it sounds really good!
ReplyDeletePSst It's still available on Paperbackswap, even after I just ordered a copy from there :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up, Amy!
Witchcraft and lust -sounds good to me!
ReplyDeleteSounds good to me!
ReplyDeleteI loved The Borgia Bride, but haven't yet read any of her other books! I am not sure why, but this one hasn't sounded particularly interesting to me, but I am sure that once I read Painting Mona Lisa and The Devil's Queen I will go back and read these ones in due course.
ReplyDeleteThis book sounds good to me.
ReplyDeleteLove the cover.
Now to put it on my TBR list...
where do you keep on getting this info on books! They sound so good to me!
ReplyDeleteI wish I could get this one!
Burning Times is the only book I've read by Jeanne Kalogridis and I didn't enjoy it at all. I think it gets lost somewhere in the middle with the stuff about reincarnation. I have The Borgia Bride in my TBR pile though, I hope it's better.
ReplyDeleteAmy, if you get to read this one, I'd be curious to read your thoughts.
oh no ANA I Had no idea about the reincarnation.. I am now dejected
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I have The Devil's Queen to read in the next week or 2, so hope its good!
ReplyDeleteOMG! Yet another book to add to the list.
ReplyDeleteI have never read this author's work before, but this synopsis sounds intriguing...
ReplyDeleteYes I am! Her Borgia Bride blew me away!
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