{"product_id":"sinners-9781405967914","title":"Sinners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe electrifying tale of rage and resistance of young noblewoman Beatrice Cenci\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e__________\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young noblewoman accused of murder, awaits execution. Imprisoned in the Corte Savella, she has captured the hearts and sympathy of all Rome. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the true and tragic tale of Beatrice Cenci.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMurder most foul or vengeance most just?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHelpless victim or resolute heroine?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRome, 1599.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeatrice yearns to escape the clutches of her abusive father and determined to find a way back to Rome, enlists the help of Olimpio, the castle’s keeper. Soon the love that grows between them will transform Beatrice’s fortunes, for better and for worse. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHistory has sold her short. She is no doe-eyed victim of her father’s brutality, nor the cunning murderer who plotted her father’s demise. No, \u003ci\u003ethis\u003c\/i\u003e Beatrice - a woman pregnant by her lover, incarcerated in a remote castle by her father, and brim-full of white-hot rage - is both innocent \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e guilty, saint \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e sinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd she will stand tall in the face of the violence of men, no matter the cost.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eSinners\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn \u003cb\u003eevocative tale of misplaced love and lust\u003c\/b\u003e at a time when, saint or sinner, no one wins. \u003cb\u003eA gripping read\u003c\/b\u003e which gallops to a crescendo of an ending - \u003ci\u003eMelanie Cantor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003esensationally powerful novel with a rollercoaster of a story\u003c\/b\u003e that has the dark logic of Greek tragedy - \u003ci\u003eAndrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of London\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI was \u003cb\u003espellbound by this wonderful boo\u003c\/b\u003ek and had to neglect everything else to finish it. Truly, it's \u003cb\u003eone of the best historical novels I have read in a long time.\u003c\/b\u003e Elizabeth Fremantle evokes so beautifully and convincingly the Italy of the late sixteenth century; her characters are compellingly drawn and her prose is magnificent. \u003cb\u003eI cannot recommend this novel highly enough\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eAlison Weir, acclaimed historian and novelist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA \u003cb\u003edark and brilliant historical novel\u003c\/b\u003e that reads like a cross between a murder mystery, a true crime drama, and a Jacobean tragedy. You can almost feel the heat and the horror of the sixteenth century. \u003cb\u003eOne of the best historical novels I have read in a very long time\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003ci\u003eGarth Russell, acclaimed historian of Queen James\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA t\u003cb\u003eransporting historical thriller\u003c\/b\u003e – 16th century Rome, a heroine (kind-of) and a murder trial - \u003ci\u003eErin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said, She Said\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elizabeth Fremantle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56452534108502,"sku":"9781405967914","price":12.49,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0886\/3206\/6390\/files\/9781405967914.jpg?v=1793655305","url":"https:\/\/www.englishbook.fi\/products\/sinners-9781405967914","provider":"Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}