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Bilyeau, Nancy.
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Dominican sisters -- Fiction.
Nuns -- Fiction.
Reformation -- Fiction.
Priories -- Fiction.
Relics -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction.
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Bilyeau, Nancy.
Dominican sisters -- Fiction.
Nuns -- Fiction.
Reformation -- Fiction.
Priories -- Fiction.
Relics -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction.
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The
crown
/ Nancy Bilyeau.
by
Bilyeau, Nancy.
Simon & Schuster, c2011.
Call #:
FICTION BIL
Subjects
Dominican sisters -- Fiction.
Nuns -- Fiction.
Reformation -- Fiction.
Priories -- Fiction.
Relics -- Fiction.
Great Britain -- History -- Tudors, 1485-1603 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781451626865 (2012 Touchstone Trade pbk.)
9781451626858
1451626851
Description:
409 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
"A Touchstone book."
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
The year is 1537. . . Joanna Stafford, a Dominican nun, learns that her favorite cousin has been condemned by Henry VIII to be burned at the stake. Defying the sacred rule of enclosure, Joanna leaves the priory to stand at her cousin's side. Arrested for interfering with the king's justice, Joanna, along with her father, is sent to the Tower of London. The ruthless Stephen Gardiner, Bishop of Winchester, takes terrifying steps to force Joanna to agree to spy for him: to save her father's life she must find an ancient relic-a
crown
so powerful, it may hold the ability to end the Reformation. Accompanied by two monks, Joanna returns home to Dartford Priory and searches in secret for this long-lost piece of history worn by the Saxon King Athelstan in 937 during the historic battle that first united Britain. But Dartford Priory has become a dangerous place, and when more than one dead body is uncovered, Joanna departs with a sensitive young monk, Brother Edmund, to search elsewhere for the legendary
crown
. From royal castles with tapestry-filled rooms to Stonehenge to Malmesbury Abbey, the final resting place of King Athelstan, Joanna and Brother Edmund must hurry to find the
crown
if they want to keep Joanna's father alive. At Malmesbury, secrets of the
crown
are revealed that bring to light the fates of the Black Prince, Richard the Lionhearted, and Katherine of Aragon's first husband, Arthur. The
crown
's intensity and strength are beyond the earthly realm and it must not fall into the wrong hands. With Cromwell's troops threatening to shutter her priory, bright and bold Joanna must now decide who she can trust with the secret of the
crown
so that she may save herself, her family, and her sacred way of life. This provocative story melds heart-stopping suspense with historical detail and brings to life the poignant dramas of women and men at a fascinating and critical moment in England's past.
Genre:
Suspense fiction.
Historical fiction.
First novel.
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