Elizabeth Fremantle Sinners Hardback Book

MURDER MOST FOUL ... OR VENGEANCE MOST JUST?An electrifying retelling from Elizabeth Fremantle the fierce and fearless story of Beatrice Cenci prisoner, rebel, saint... or sinner?An evocative tale of misplaced love and lust ... A gripping read which gallops to a crescendo of an ending Melanie CantorA sensationally powerful novel with a rollercoaster of a story that has the dark logic of Greek tragedy Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of LondonFremantle never misses. Sinners is a fierce and searing feminist retelling of Beatrice Cencis life and murder trial Flora Carr, author of The TowerDark, passionate and atmospheric, we predict another screen adaptation Woman & HomeIn sixteenthcentury Rome, Beatrice Cenci youngest daughter of a powerful nobleman is destined for a life of gilded insignificance. Wealth talks within the citys grand palazzos, and women must remain silent. Then her brother is found murdered by a rival family, and Beatices domineering, tyrannical father insists they flee to La Rocca. But La Rocca, an ancient and forbidding fortified castle perched on a cliff, is no sanctuary. The villagers are suspicious of the newcomers, considering their arrival an ill omen. Mysterious and terrible events begin to occur within the castle walls even as Beatrices fathers paranoia grows. Isolated and afraid, she befriends the castles keeper, Olimpio. Yet their secret attraction is dangerous. Were their affair to be discovered, neither might survive. And betrayal... | Elizabeth Fremantle Sinners Hardback Book