![]() ![]() ![]() This is a tale of personal revenge, of courage and betrayal, of the power of romantic and familial love, of social inequality and religious intolerance. Prisoner of the Inquisition tells the tale of two teenagers: Zarita, daughter of a wealthy magistrate, and Saulo, son of a beggar, whose fates dovetail as a consequence of a heart-stopping incident. Breslin has talked about researching with a view to "finding a space for the story to drop in", and the way she has married fact and fiction here displays a real sureness of touch. As important as research for the historical novel is the ability to find a storyline that is complete in itself, while allowing the author to focus on aspects of the period without it all getting horribly contrived. ![]()
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