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Unsworth, Barry, 1930-
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Nobility -- Fiction.
Crusades -- Second, 1147-1149 -- Fiction.
Palermo (Italy) -- Fiction.
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Unsworth, Barry, 1930-
Nobility -- Fiction.
Crusades -- Second, 1147-1149 -- Fiction.
Palermo (Italy) -- Fiction.
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The
ruby
in her
navel
: a
novel
of
love
and
intrigue
in the
twelfth
century
/ Barry Unsworth.
by
Unsworth, Barry, 1930-
Nan A. Talese, c2006.
Call #:
FICTION UNS
Subjects
Nobility -- Fiction.
Crusades -- Second, 1147-1149 -- Fiction.
Palermo (Italy) -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9780385509633
0385509634
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
399 p. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
"Set in the
twelfth
century
against the backdrop of the Crusades and during the brief yet glittering rule of the Norman kings, THE
RUBY
IN HER
NAVEL
opens in a Sicilian society in which Latin and Greek, Arab and Jew lived together in harmony. The
novel
tells the story of how the war between Islam and Christendom impinges on the mind and heart of Thurstan Beauchamp, a young Norman and would-be Knight at the Court of King Roger in Palermo. Known for his loyalty but divided between the ideals of chivalry and the harsh political realities of his tumultuous times, Thurstan is dispatched to uncover the conspiracies brewing against his king. During his journeys, he encounters the woman he loved as a youth, Lady Alicia, now returned a widow from the Holy Land; at the same time, he is gripped by the earthy sensuality of the dancer, Nesrin, whose troupe he brings to the Court to dance for the king. In a compelling tale of
love
, passion,
intrigue
, and treachery, Thurstan finds himself caught in a tangle of plots, counter-plots, and deceptions, which force him to question the nature of his ambition and the folly of uncritical reverence for authority. With the exquisite prose and masterful narrative drive that have earned him widespread acclaim, Barry Unsworth transports the reader to a distant past filled with deception and mystery, and whose racial, tribal, and religious tensions are still with us today."--Publisher.
Genre:
Historical fiction.
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