Friday, October 29, 2010

Friday Finds at the Bookstore: The Mercy Seller by Brenda Rickman Vantrease

Publish Date: April 2008
Format: Paperback 448pp

Synopsis: (From the Publisher)
"In the fifteenth century, with religious intolerance spreading like wildfire across Europe, Englishwoman Anna Bookman and her grandfather, Finn, earn a living in Prague by illuminating precious books---including forbidden translations of the Bible. As their secret trade grows ever more hazardous, Finn urges Anna to seek sanctuary in England. Her passage abroad, however, will be anything but easy.
Meanwhile, a priest in London, Brother Gabriel, dutifully obeys church doctrine by granting pardons . . . for a small fee. But when he is sent to France in disguise to find the source of the banned manuscripts finding their way to England, he meets Anna, who has set up a temporary stall as a bookseller. She has no way of knowing that the rich merchant frequenting her stall is actually a priest---just as he does not know that he has met the woman for whom he will renounce his church.
It is only in England, which is far from the safe harbor once imagined, that their dangerous secrets will be revealed."


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4 comments:

Holly said...

I've heard great things about this one and I love the cover :)

Blodeuedd said...

That one caught my eye now. Looks good

Marg said...

I have owned this author's first book for years and years, and still haven't read it! There just doesn't seem to be enough time to read everything i want to read!

Enjoy!

Anonymous said...

Svea, this book is AWESOME. I'm in the midst of reading her latest one, THE HERETIC'S WIFE, and it lives up to the quality of Vantrease's other two books. Enjoy!