Danielle Giles

Mere

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Produktbeschreibung

'Beautifully written . . . A dark and disturbing tale' - Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens

Mere by Danielle Giles is a hypnotic historical novel about fear and survival, power and position, and a love that takes hold in the darkest of places.

Norfolk, 990 AD. Deep in the Fens, isolated by a vast and treacherous mere, an order of holy sisters make their home. Under the steely guidance of Abbess Sigeburg they follow God's path, looking to their infirmarian, Hilda, to provide what comfort and cures she can.

But when the mere takes a young servant boy, Sigeburg's grip falters and Hilda quickly realizes this place holds secrets darker and more unholy than she can fathom.

Then proud Sister Wulfrun, a recent arrival to the convent, has a vision: a curse is upon them and change must be brought. Is she saint or serpent? To Hilda, Wulfrun is a signal bolder and brighter than any fire set - one she cannot help but follow . . .

'Chilling, dark and immersive' - Rosanna Pike, bestselling author of A Little Trickerie

'Haunting and beautiful' - Lucy Rose, bestselling author of The Lamb

'A gem of a novel' - Costanza Casati, bestselling author of Babylonia

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Macmillan Publishers International / Mantle
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 107993
• Air Iri OME
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Altersempfehlung: ab 18 Jahren
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 1900
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 150mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 474g
• ISBN-13: 9781035051236
• ISBN-10: 1035051230
• Artikelnr.: 72104428

Autorenporträt

Danielle Giles is a writer and researcher based in Bristol. She has been published (writing as Danielle Vrublevskis) in Extra Teeth and Dear Damsels, shortlisted for the Bristol Short Story Prize and the Brick Lane Bookshop Short Story Prize, and longlisted for the Galley Beggar Press Short Story Prize. She won the Local Prize in the 2023 Bath Short Story Award. Mere is her first novel.

Rezensionen

A dark and disturbing tale set in an East Anglian abbey in Dark Ages England, where the old pagan Gods are meeting a fledgling Christianity. A supernatural mystery, a political power struggle, a romance, a woman bringing compassion and healing to a brutal world, and fenland ripe with stagnant secrets. Beautifully written, you will be drawn into the claustrophobic world of the mere, where sinners fear the retribution of both God and the devil. Laura Shepherd-Robinson, bestselling author of The Square of Sevens