El senor del cero
Maria Isabel Molina
A young Christian in Islamic Spain flees Cordoba and takes refuge in the monastery of Ripoll, where he is viewed with suspicion for studying the Arabic number system.
Read Time: ~8.9 hr
The false virgin
by the Medieval Murderers (2014)
About this book
AD 848. Bernwyn of Lythe, the young daughter of an ealdorman, spurns marriage and chooses to remain a virgin dedicated to Christ. When she is found murdered in the chapel where she kept her nightly vigils, it is thought that she has fallen victim to the Viking raiders who are ravaging the country and the butterflies found resting on her body are taken to be a sign from God. But what if Bernwyn was not all she seemed? Could the saintly deeds attributed to her have been carried out by someone else and the people have set up a shrine to a false virgin?
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreThe false virgin Lead Character
Themes & Moods
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