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LocationOakland
Call NoF FEI
TitleBook of forbidden words : a novel / Louise Fein.
AuthorFein, Louise author
Barcode47660111117434
CollectionFiction
Summary1552, PARIS: The print­ing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives at Charlotte Guillard’s famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette’s audacious ideas. 1952, NEW YORK: Milly Bennett is a lonely housewife struggling to find her way in her new neighborhood amidst the paranoid clamors of McCarthy’s America. She finds her life taking an unexpected turn when a relic from her past presents her with a 400-year-old manuscript to decipher, pulling her into a vortex of danger that threatens to shatter her world. From the risky backstreets of sixteenth-century Paris to the unpredictable suburbs of mid-twentieth century New York, the stakes couldn’t be higher when, 400 years apart, Milly, Lysbette, and Charlotte each face a reality where the spread of ideas are feared and every effort is made to suppress them. Dramatic and affecting, and inspired by the real-life encrypted Voynich manuscript, Book of Forbidden Words is both an engrossing story about a timeless struggle that echoes through the ages and a testament to the indomitable spirit of those who dare to let their words be heard.
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Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9780063411500 ebk
International Standard Book Number 9780063411432 paperback
Personal Name Fein, Louise author
Title Statement Book of forbidden words : a novel / Louise Fein.
Edition Statement First edition.
Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice New York : William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2026.
Physical Description 368 p. softcover 21 cm.
Content Type text txt rdacontent
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Carrier Type volume nc rdacarrier http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/carriers/nc
Summary, Etc. 1552, PARIS: The print­ing press is quickly spreading new ideas across Europe, threatening the power of church and state and unleashing a wave of book burning and heretic hunting. When frightened ex-nun Lysbette Angiers arrives at Charlotte Guillard’s famous printing shop with her manuscript, neither woman knows just how far the powerful elite will go to prevent the spread of Lysbette’s audacious ideas. 1952, NEW YORK: Milly Bennett is a lonely housewife struggling to find her way in her new neighborhood amidst the paranoid clamors of McCarthy’s America. She finds her life taking an unexpected turn when a relic from her past presents her with a 400-year-old manuscript to decipher, pulling her into a vortex of danger that threatens to shatter her world. From the risky backstreets of sixteenth-century Paris to the unpredictable suburbs of mid-twentieth century New York, the stakes couldn’t be higher when, 400 years apart, Milly, Lysbette, and Charlotte each face a reality where the spread of ideas are feared and every effort is made to suppress them. Dramatic and affecting, and inspired by the real-life encrypted Voynich manuscript, Book of Forbidden Words is both an engrossing story about a timeless struggle that echoes through the ages and a testament to the indomitable spirit of those who dare to let their words be heard.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Family life, general Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical, 20th Century - post-World War II Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Women Fiction.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Historical romance, 20th century Fiction.
Index Term-Genre/Form Fiction lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Historical fiction lcgft
Index Term-Genre/Form Novels lcgft