Heloise & Abelard: A New Biography - Hardcover
A cache of newly discovered love letters written by gifted student Heloise to medieval theology tutor Abelard follows their written relationship from behind cloistered walls after they were forced to separate, in a dual portrait that offers additional insights into Heloise's personal thoughts as well as Abelard's dialogues and disputes with other church teachers. 25,000 first printing.
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"The passion, spirit and devotion of this star-crossed couple come through on every page. Highly recommended."--Historical Novels Review
"This is a great tale, which Burge tells vividly and economically."--Atlantic Monthly
"[A] fascinating, funny and thoroughly engaging study . . . a witty and finely written page-turner."--National Catholic Reporter
"A meticulous but always engaging explication of each lover's innermost desires . . . an impressively researched account."--BookPage
"If ever scholarship could be called delectable, it is here in James Burge's sympathetic and thorough account."--Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue
"One of the greatest love stories of all time . . . Readers will be drawn to this vivid account."--Publishers Weekly
This is a great tale, which Burge tells vividly and economically. --Atlantic Monthly"
If ever scholarship could be called delectable, it is here in James Burge s sympathetic and thorough account. --Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue"
One of the greatest love stories of all time . . . Readers will be drawn to this vivid account. --Publishers Weekly"
A meticulous but always engaging explication of each lover s innermost desires . . . an impressively researched account. --BookPage"
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"This is a great tale, which Burge tells vividly and economically."--Atlantic Monthly
"[A] fascinating, funny and thoroughly engaging study . . . a witty and finely written page-turner."--National Catholic Reporter
"A meticulous but always engaging explication of each lover's innermost desires . . . an impressively researched account."--BookPage
"If ever scholarship could be called delectable, it is here in James Burge's sympathetic and thorough account."--Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue
"One of the greatest love stories of all time . . . Readers will be drawn to this vivid account."--Publishers Weekly
This is a great tale, which Burge tells vividly and economically. --Atlantic Monthly"
If ever scholarship could be called delectable, it is here in James Burge s sympathetic and thorough account. --Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue"
One of the greatest love stories of all time . . . Readers will be drawn to this vivid account. --Publishers Weekly"
A meticulous but always engaging explication of each lover s innermost desires . . . an impressively researched account. --BookPage"
James Burge is a producer and director of documentaries for the BBC and the Discovery Channel. His fascination with the Middle Ages led him to make Strange Landscape, the BBC series about medieval culture, and to create a dramatization of the writings of the eccentric thirteenth-century English friar, Roger Bacon.
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- PublisherHarper San Francisco
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0060736631
- ISBN 13 9780060736637
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages319
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