Description:EUROPE, 1483. Boy meets girl. The boy is Christian, the girl Muslim. What could possibly go right?The Wool Translator, a historical fiction odyssey set in fifteenth century Europe, traces two child prodigies from countries divided by distance, religion and ancient prejudices. Newt is from England, Aisha from the Nasrid Kingdom of Andalusia. They meet against all odds only to have warfare drive them apart. In their effort to reunite they are helped by their tutor, Peter, a young priest from the Universities of Paris. But Peter has a goal of his own: to rescue Arabic books from the libraries of Granada before that last city of the Nasrids falls to the Castilian and Aragonese monarchs, Isabel and Ferdinand.Meticulously researched, The Wool Translator won the Jameson Award (UOP Conference on Creative Writing) and was short-listed for the Chaucer Book Award (Chanticleer Reviews). With appeal to fans of authors such as Ken Follett, Arthur Phillips and Anya Seton, The Wool Translator delves into the nascent days of book publishing, the political intrigues of fifteenth century Europe, and the final conquest of the Muslim Nasrid Kingdom by the armies of the Castilian and Aragonese monarchs, Isabel and Ferdinand.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wool Translator. To get started finding The Wool Translator, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: EUROPE, 1483. Boy meets girl. The boy is Christian, the girl Muslim. What could possibly go right?The Wool Translator, a historical fiction odyssey set in fifteenth century Europe, traces two child prodigies from countries divided by distance, religion and ancient prejudices. Newt is from England, Aisha from the Nasrid Kingdom of Andalusia. They meet against all odds only to have warfare drive them apart. In their effort to reunite they are helped by their tutor, Peter, a young priest from the Universities of Paris. But Peter has a goal of his own: to rescue Arabic books from the libraries of Granada before that last city of the Nasrids falls to the Castilian and Aragonese monarchs, Isabel and Ferdinand.Meticulously researched, The Wool Translator won the Jameson Award (UOP Conference on Creative Writing) and was short-listed for the Chaucer Book Award (Chanticleer Reviews). With appeal to fans of authors such as Ken Follett, Arthur Phillips and Anya Seton, The Wool Translator delves into the nascent days of book publishing, the political intrigues of fifteenth century Europe, and the final conquest of the Muslim Nasrid Kingdom by the armies of the Castilian and Aragonese monarchs, Isabel and Ferdinand.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wool Translator. To get started finding The Wool Translator, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.