by Jeanne Bourin · FRANCE-LOISIRS · tapa dura · ISBN 9782724250725
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«Les Pérégrines» is the historical novel by Jeanne Bourin, published by France-Loisirs in hardback (458 pages, in French).
Brunissen, Flaminia and Alaïs, daughters of a parchment-maker from Chartres, accompany the First Crusade to Jerusalem. They endure exhausting marches, hunger, disease, battles and rivalries among Frankish lords, sustained by faith and miracles. Bourin blends history and fiction to show the active role of women in the crusades.
First instalment of the Les Pérégrines series. The action takes place during the First Crusade (1097-1099).
For lovers of historical fiction, with an interest in the crusades and the role of women in the Middle Ages.
Jeanne Bourin or Jeanne Mondot was a French writer known for her historical novels.
