Knowledge Of Angels

Man Booker prize shortlist

It is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order; the other, a child abandoned by her mother and suckled by wolves, who knows nothing of the precarious relationship between Church and State but whose innocence will become the subject of a dangerous experiment.

But the arrival of the Inquisition on the island creates a darker, more threatening force which will transform what has been a philosophical game of chess into a matter of life and death...
'A compelling medieval fable, written from the heart and melded to a driving narrative which never once loses its tremendous pace'
Guardian

About Jill Paton Walsh

Details
  • Imprint: Black Swan
  • ISBN: 9780552997805
  • Length: 288 pages
  • Dimensions: 197mm x 20mm x 130mm
  • Weight: 203g
  • Price: £10.99
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