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PublisherSourcebooks, Incorporated

ISBN-101402285310

ISBN-139781402285318

eBay Product ID (ePID)160098803

Product Key Features

Book TitleMiracle Thief

Number of Pages336 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2014

TopicHistorical

GenreFiction

AuthorIris Anthony

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height5.5 in

Item Weight15 oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width0.9 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-287659

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Fast-paced and engrossing, Iris Anthony's The Miracle Thief is a delightful tale of medieval pilgrimage, told from the points of view of three very different women - a poor orphan seeking healing, a princess fleeing a dreaded marriage, and a nun who must guard the relics of St. Catherine against pagan invaders. The book's wealth of historic detail will transport you back in time, and Anthony's plucky heroines will have you alternately biting your nails over their plights and cheering over their triumphs. Hope, faith, courage, inspiration, love - this book has it all. Highly recommended!" - --Sherry Jones, author of The Sharp Hook of Love

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Dewey Decimal813/.6

Synopsis911 AD: In the darkest hour of the Dark Ages, when God often seemed silent, saints and their relics offered a touchstone to the divine. Gisela, the daughter of King Charles the Simple of France, is promised in marriage to the Viking Rollo, in exchange for the Viking submitting himself to the king. Gisela manages to make her father agree that she will only marry Rollo if he can steal a relic of Saint Catherine. If the saint sanctions the marriage, then she will allow the relic to be stolen. The king sends monks to retrieve the relic, Rollo sends henchmen, and a relic hunter follows them all. Written in alternating points of view, this novel undertakes a journey from despair toward hope offered by the relic of a saint's finger. It asks timeless questions that reverberate with the modern soul: what do we value? What is sacred? Do miracles really happen?, "A well-paced and interwoven story... Anthony creates a narrative that subtly educates, poses stimulating questions and entertains."--Kirkus In a world where saints, martyrs and miracles are real -- in the darkest hour of the Dark Ages -- a holy relic offers hope. Sister Juliana does. She's seen miracles happen as she tends Saint Catherine's altar and guards her relic. Yet she doesn't quite dare to believe that even Saint Catherine could help her atone for her wicked past. Anna does. And she so desperately needs one. In a time when a deformity is interpreted as evidence of a grievous sin, in a place where community is vital to existence, Anna has no family, no home, and no master. Princess Gisele wants to. A miracle is the only thing that can save her from being given to a brutal, pagan chieftain in marriage. For those who come in faith, saints offer the answer to almost any prayer. But other forces are plotting to steal Saint Catherine's relic, to bend the saint's power to their own use. Penitent, pilgrim, princess -- all will be drawn into an epic struggle where only faith can survive. But in a quest for divine blessing, only the most ruthless of souls may win the prize., Gisela manages to make her father agree that she will only marry Rollo if he can steal a relic of Saint Catherine. If the saint sanctions the marriage, then she will allow the relic to be stolen. The king sends monks to retrieve the relic, Rollo sends henchmen, and a relic hunter follows them all, in a novel asks timeless questions about good, evil, and faith. Written in alternating points of view, this novel undertakes a journey from despair toward hope offered by the relic of a saint's finger. It asks timeless questions that reverberate with the modern soul: what do we value? What is sacred? Do miracles really happen? Like THE RUINS OF LACE, this novel looks at the value with which we imbue objects and the relationship between people in things. What happens when we invest a thing with ultimate power? Why do we expect objects to make our dreams come true?, "A well-paced and interwoven story... Anthony creates a narrative that subtly educates, poses stimulating questions and entertains."-- Kirkus In a world where saints, martyrs and miracles are real -- in the darkest hour of the Dark Ages -- a holy relic offers hope. Sister Juliana does. She's seen miracles happen as she tends Saint Catherine's altar and guards her relic. Yet she doesn't quite dare to believe that even Saint Catherine could help her atone for her wicked past. Anna does. And she so desperately needs one. In a time when a deformity is interpreted as evidence of a grievous sin, in a place where community is vital to existence, Anna has no family, no home, and no master. Princess Gisele wants to. A miracle is the only thing that can save her from being given to a brutal, pagan chieftain in marriage. For those who come in faith, saints offer the answer to almost any prayer. But other forces are plotting to steal Saint Catherine's relic, to bend the saint's power to their own use. Penitent, pilgrim, princess -- all will be drawn into an epic struggle where only faith can survive. But in a quest for divine blessing, only the most ruthless of souls may win the prize.

LC Classification NumberPS3601.N55587