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The Convert

English · Paperback / Softback

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A brilliant reconstruction of an incredible journey across medieval Europe to Egypt, and an untold story of forbidden love. In the small village in Provence where Stefan Hertmans has made his home, people have long spoken of an ancient pogrom and hidden treasure. Then, at the end of the nineteenth century, an extraordinary collection of Jewish documents was found in a synagogue in Cairo. Hertmans has based The Convert on these historical sources, tracing the life of a young Christian noblewoman who abandoned everything for the love of a rabbi's son. In this startlingly contemporary novel, Hertmans follows in her footsteps as the lovers flee through France together, pursued by crusading knights, and recounts her dazzling journey full of love and hardship, courage and hate, as she journeys on towards Jerusalem alone.The Convert brings the chaos of the Middle Ages to life with boundless imagination and stylistic ingenuity, portraying the tragic love story of a woman in exile and a world in flux.

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Authors Stefan Hertmans
Publisher Harvill Secker
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 13.06.2019
 
EAN 9781787300125
ISBN 978-1-78730-012-5
No. of pages 304
Dimensions 155 mm x 234 mm x 23 mm
Subject Fiction > Narrative literature

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