by Laura Mancinelli · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788806514747
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«I dodici abati di Challant» is the historical novel by Laura Mancinelli, published by Einaudi in 1997 in paperback (144 pages, in Italian).
A nobleman who inherits a castle becomes bound by a vow of chastity imposed by a curse. Twelve abbots are tasked with ensuring he keeps the promise, but they die one by one in a chain of strange, trivial yet symbolic accidents. A historical novel set in the Middle Ages.
The book belongs to Einaudi's Nuovi Coralli collection and its editorial category is History.
It will appeal to readers of medieval historical fiction and to those seeking a mystery plot with a symbolic undertone.
Laura Mancinelli was an Italian writer, Germanist, medievalist and university professor.
