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The Corner That Held Them

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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In memory of the wife who had once dishonoured and always despised him, Brian de Retteville founded a 12th-century convent in Norfolk. Two centuries later, the Benedictine community is well established there and, as befits a convent whose origin had such ironic beginnings, the inhabitants are prey to the ambitions, squabbles, jealousies, and pleasures of less spiritual environments. An outbreak of the Black Death, the collapse of the convent spire, the Bishop's visitation, and a nun's disappearance are interwoven with the everyday life of the nuns, novices, and prioresses in this imagined history of a 14th-century nunnery.

Language: English

Pages: 310

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Virago

Release: May 05, 2022

ISBN: 086068878X

ISBN 13: 9780860688785

The Corner That Held Them

Sylvia Townsend Warner

3.9/5 ( ratings)

An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here

In memory of the wife who had once dishonoured and always despised him, Brian de Retteville founded a 12th-century convent in Norfolk. Two centuries later, the Benedictine community is well established there and, as befits a convent whose origin had such ironic beginnings, the inhabitants are prey to the ambitions, squabbles, jealousies, and pleasures of less spiritual environments. An outbreak of the Black Death, the collapse of the convent spire, the Bishop's visitation, and a nun's disappearance are interwoven with the everyday life of the nuns, novices, and prioresses in this imagined history of a 14th-century nunnery.

Language: English

Pages: 310

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Virago

Release: May 05, 2022

ISBN: 086068878X

ISBN 13: 9780860688785

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