Women in the Wall

About the author

Julia O'Faolain was born in London in 1932. Her novel No Country for Young Men was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. She was brought up in Cork and Dublin, educated in Paris and Rome and married an American historian in Florence. She lived for many years in the US.

Summary

Offers a rich, vivid portrait of the political and religious turmoil of sixth-century Gaul, wherein we find Radegunda, wife of King Clotair having been seized by him as a prize of war. Radegunda builds a convent, a refuge for the Brides of Christ, and there becomes renowned for her austerity and mysticism.

Product details

• Authors: Julia O'Faolain, O'Faolain Julia
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.2011
• EAN: 9780571281534
• ISBN: 978-0-571-28153-4
• No. of pages: 326
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 298 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Literary, Faber Finds, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary