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Description edit
The Black Plague. The Pestilence. Disease and death haunt every town and village across 14th century Europe and none are immune from its evil. Some see the devastation of their world as a sign from God for Man's wickedness. But Brother Thomas Neville sees this swath of death as something... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Brother Thomas: Add a description of this character.
- Margaret
- Baron Raby
- Lancaster
- Marcel
- Bertrand
- Bolingbroke
- Tom
- Hal
- Richard
- John
- Odile
- Charles
- Edward Iii
- Alice
- Philip
- Thorseby
- Katherine
- Joan
- Daniel
- Wat Tyler
- De Noyes
- Raymond
- Marcoaldi
- Eleanor
- Jeannette
- Rosalind
- Saint Michael
- Wynkyn De Worde
- Maude
- Johan
- Catherine
- Egdon
- Roger
- Guillaume
- Thomas Neville
- Gerardo
- Chaucer
- Daumier
- Gregory
- Meg
Quotes edit
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“"I would send you into Hell before I ever loved you."”
Brother Thomas
Setting & Locations edit
- Black Prince
- England
- Paris
- Rome
- Gloucester
- France
- St. Michael
- London
- Nuremberg
- Chauvigny
- Europe
- Sweet Jesu
- Avignon
- St. Angelo
- Dauphin
- Poitiers
- Northumberland
- High Table
- Bordeaux
- Basilica
- Leonine City
- Westminster
- Florence
- Navarre
- Rochelle
- St. Peter
- Oxford
- Chatellerault
- Domremy
- Wales
- Gascony
- Canterbury
- Dover
- Saxbye
First Sentence edit
A DRIBBLE OF RED WINE ran down Gerardo's stubbled chin, and he reluctantly-and somewhat unsteadily-rose from his sheltered spot behind the brazier.
Series & Lists edit
This is book 1 of 3 in The Crucible. (standard series)
Followed by The Wounded Hawk.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sara Douglass (Author)
Awards edit
- Aurealis Award (Finalist, 2000: Best Fanstasy Novel)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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