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A decaying German principality on the brink of the Reformation and in the shadow of the famous Children's Revolt. In luxuriant prose, Vansittart depicts [15th century Germany] with the fierce precision of a Dürer engraving."" - Publishers Weekly ""Engrossing, a colorful canvas.... The language is rich, giving shape to a world in which people live close to nature and are more alive because of it."" - Booklist ""Impressive."" - Kirkus Reviews.
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A Safe Conduct is set in a decaying German principality, on the brink of the Reformation and when Renaissance ideas are filtering through to a governing class still largely medieval. The Graf, in his Castle, is entrusted with political and social responsibilities; but it is an age in which new beliefs and codes are sweeping the land. Suspected of wife murder and apparently bereft of emotion, he is now harassed by an historical accident: a Children's Revolt. Nominally led by a witless, outcast shepherd boy, but manipulated for his own chilling motives by a handsome young youth, the young rebels swiftly attract an influx of bandits, refugees, dissidents and desperadoes.
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In an engrossing historical novel, a colorful canvas of the 1490s is painted, a time when the world was thought to be coming to an end, and people smashed their clocks to prevent it from happening. The setting is a decaying German principality right before the Reformation, a disturbed land erupting in brutal wars, radical ideas, and utopian hopes for the millennium to come. The graf, or count, is surrounded in his castle by grotesque courtiers. Albrecht, a handsome young man seeking legitimacy from the graf, who is his natural father, tricks a young shepherd, Hans the Piper, into prison, torture, and death for his own gains. The novel, resonating with contemporary issues as the year 2000 approaches, is a marvelous yarn that grips the reader's imagination. The language is rich, giving shape to a world in which people live close to nature and are more alive because of it. Theresa Ducato
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- PublisherPeter Owen Ltd
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0720609771
- ISBN 13 9780720609776
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages184
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