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Title: Mirabilis by Susann Cokal ISBN: 0-425-18532-X Publisher: Berkley Pub Group Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.16 (19 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A great work of historical fiction
Comment: Mirabilis is a great work of historical fiction, with elements of the miraculous and a poetic, masterful use of language. Readers experience life, both the beautiful and the repulsive, in a medieval French town through a strong, yet saintly and sympathetic, wet-nurse heroine. The novel probably isn't for those who prefer an easy, straightforward, "quick read," but it will definitely reward most other readers. Suspense elements include a long siege of the town by an English army and the threat of a crafty priest who will gladly use imprisonment and torture to increase his own position and influence. As an author of recent, complex historical fiction myself (India Treasures), I admire how Susann Cokal deftly handles frequently changing points of view, yet maintains the continuity of the tale, and how she believably and seamlessly weaves the details of medieval life into the narrative.
Rating: 5
Summary: mirabilis: engaging...
Comment: mirabilis is a wonderful book. i found it engaging my mind, heart, and spirit. this story is one of those few books that you want to keep reading well into the night/early morning just to see happens next. keeping some kleenix handy might be helpful too, since i got teary-eyed several times.
Rating: 5
Summary: the magical world of Mirabilis
Comment: A beautifully written story about love, loss, faith, and desire, Mirabilis is set in the mystical town of Villeneuve--a place populated by mischevious dwarves, mercenary priests, magicians, and so-called saints. It is a place of magic and miracles, sickness and cruelty, and from the first sentence, this novel will transport you to the dark, ruthless world of medieval France. Cokal is a captivating story-teller, and this is one of the best historical novels that I've read. I highly recommend it.
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Title: The Dress Lodger by Sheri Holman ISBN: 0345436911 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 02 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Under the Skin: A Novel by Michel Faber ISBN: 0156011603 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 20 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue ISBN: 0156007479 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel Faber ISBN: 0156028778 Publisher: Harvest Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Harem: A Novel by Dora Levy Mossanen ISBN: 0743230213 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 06 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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