Testament is a startling feat of imaginative skill distinguished by the breadth of its vision and by the heartbreaking story at its centre: that of the sacrifice a child made for his father six hundred years ago. Scopri Testament di Hawkins, Alis: spedizione gratuita per i clienti Prime e per ordini a partire da 29 spediti da Amazon. Format: Kindle eBook By: Hawkins, Alis Binding: Kindle Edition Released:. I hadnt come across Alis Hawkins or her books before but the advantage of. But just as Simon himself is coming to accept young Toby a tragedy occurs whose repercussions will echo until the present day. Two worlds collide in a startling timeshift thriller. WebAlis Hawkins first novel, Testament, was published by Macmillan after. What is the painting trying to tell her? Why was the college named after its mason as well as its founder? And who does the statue of the carefree boy in the Toby Yard represent? In mediaeval Salster Simon of Kinnerton is struggling to come to terms with the fact that his son is disabled - cursed in the eyes of many of Salster's townspeople. First edition, first impression.In the publisher's unclipped dustwrapper.Signed by the author to the title page.'Testament' is a unique fiction novel by Alis Hawkins, which interweaves the life of a master architect in 14th century England with an employee of the Kineton and Dacre College. In the present day Damia grows increasingly obsessed with the mysterious wall-painting and the college's dark history. When rumors spread that the mason's son is cursed, the bishop sees an opportunity. But the Bishop of Salter, hostile to free education, is determined to sabotage Simon's project.

His work only interrupted when he becomes father to the son he has longed for for twenty years. 165 and Hawkins includes among infidels such as do not believe either in the Old or New Testament. It is 1385 and master mason Simon of Kineton is building his magnum opus-a great college to rival any in England.

Six hundred years earlier master mason Simon of Kineton is preparing plans for his magnum opus a college to rival anything in England. When Damia Miller is employed to promote revered Kineton and Dacre college it doesn't take her long to recognise that a grotesque antique painting recently uncovered on one of the college's walls might hold the key to the college's future.

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