Sacred hearts by Sarah Dunant

Sarah Dunant visited  New Zealand recently, for the Summer Season of International Women Writers. Her historical novels, of which this is the third in a trilogy, have been painstakingly researched and are compelling reading.

Young women in the Italian Renaissance who were not married off were often sent to a convent by their families. Serafina is one such novice who feels imprisoned within the convent. Will she eventually find sanctuary inside its walls?

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