Bibliograph

The passion of Dolssa, a novel by Julie Berry

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Label

The passion of Dolssa, a novel by Julie Berry

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The passion of Dolssa

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

923254971

Responsibility statement

a novel by Julie Berry

Summary

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

Target audience

adolescent

Classification