Stealing Heaven (The Hera Series)
by Marion Meade
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Author: Marion MeadeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2003-07-01
ISBN: 1569470111
Number of pages: 415
Publisher: Soho Press
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Book Review: Not a bodice ripper!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a beautifully detailed, beautifully written historical novel. A factually accurate, sensual and moving version of the story of the 12th century French lovers Abelard and Heloise. The charismatic Abelard, the pre-emminent philosopher of Paris, is a master of dialectics and reason, celebrated throughout Paris; his pupil, Heloise, some 20 years younger is renowned for 'surpassing all women and most men' in her learning. Abelard is a rebel in the realms of theology and philosophy - but Heloise shows herself to be an even greater rebel, surpassing him in the realm of human love. The film version of the novel (1988)- out of print and difficult to acquire - has some historical inaccuracies and is rather truncated, but is a cut above the run-of-the-mill Romance channel classics. Strives to give equal weight to the paradoxical 'fields' of love and reason. It would be impossible to imagine a richer plot - and yet, though the treatment here is fiction, the events are real.
Summary of Stealing Heaven (The Hera Series)
"In twelfth-century France, two of Europe?s greatest minds met and fell in love. It was a love forbidden by the world around them and eventually they were torn apart from each other. But, the spark of it remained smoldering inside the lovers until their death and beyond. Heloise and her tutor, Peter Abelard, share a devotion passionate in its depth and beautiful in its thoughtfulness. They marry, and Heloise bears a son whom she names Astrolabe. However, all of this must be done in secret, for Abelard is forbidden to wed by the church which considers him a cleric. When the truth of their relationship is exposed, they are separated and punished both in body and soul. Marion Meade weaves history and fiction together in STEALING HEAVEN, an epic story of one of history?s most tragic love affairs. With facts pulled from Heloise?s actual love letters, Meade creates a poetic and sensual tapestry of France in the 12th century."Fiction & Poetry Books
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