Dunant, Sarah.

Sacred hearts / a novel Sarah Dunant. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House, c2009. - 415 p. ; 25 cm.

TLA Lariat List 2010.

Condemned by sixteenth-century demands for lucrative dowries in order to marry, young Serafina is ripped from an illicit love affair and confined in an Italian convent, a situation against which she passionately rebels and reminds the convent's doctor ofher own unhappy early years.

1400063825 : HRD $25.00 9781400063826

Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975

2009002246


Nuns--Italy--Fiction.
Convents--Italy--Fiction.
Women--Social conditions--Italy--16th century--Fiction.


Ferrara (Italy)--Fiction.


Historical fiction.

PR6054.U45756 / S33 2009

823/.914