The Corner That Held Them

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A spellbinding piece of historical fiction . . . spare, luminous . . . One starts rereading as soon as one has reached the last page' Sunday Times'A magnificent recreation of the life of a medieval convent' Daily TelegraphTo become a nun in the fourteenth century was often a business transaction rather than a spiritual calling, it is small wonder, then, that the inhabitants of Oby, a Benedictine convent, are prey to worldly ambitions, frustrations, pleasures and jealousies. An outbreak of the Black Death, the collapse of the convent spire and a nun's disappearance are dramas that are interwoven with the everyday life of the clositered community.