Personal travel at this time was very dangerous and time consuming. Not only can she put her wealth to good use, but it is also the path to political influence and personal power. Educated and seeking to be independent, she has chosen the life of a nun. Hildegard is a young and wealthy widow, with her husband missing-presumed dead in France seven years before. The nun Hildegard is sent across Europe in search of a precious relic, the Cross of Constantine. Half the population of Europe has been destroyed by a plague known as "The Black Death", a pestilence brought on by floods followed by famine. This novel, the second in a series about the Abbess of Meaux, is set in the year 1383, when England is being ruled by John of Gaunt acting on behalf of Richard the Second who is only 16 years of age. 2009) Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd ISBN: 1848540299 Review - The Red Velvet Turnshoe by Cassandra ClarkĬlark, Cassandra - 'The Red Velvet Turnshoe'
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