| Author: | Harriet Beecher Stowe | ISBN: | 9781411437166 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble | Publication: | November 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble | Language: | English |
| Author: | Harriet Beecher Stowe |
| ISBN: | 9781411437166 |
| Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
| Publication: | November 22, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Barnes & Noble |
| Language: | English |
The heroine of this 1862 historical novel is Agnes, a country girl living amidst the spiritual tranquility of an Italian convent. With her hand sought by a cast-out Italian prince, she is torn between the prospect of love and her sense of duty to the charismatic monk Savonarola, the instigator of the original and actual fifteenth-century “Bonfire of the Vanities.”
The heroine of this 1862 historical novel is Agnes, a country girl living amidst the spiritual tranquility of an Italian convent. With her hand sought by a cast-out Italian prince, she is torn between the prospect of love and her sense of duty to the charismatic monk Savonarola, the instigator of the original and actual fifteenth-century “Bonfire of the Vanities.”
