Bibliograph

City of crows, Chris Womersley ; narrated by Zoe Carides

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City of crows, Chris Womersley ; narrated by Zoe Carides

Language

eng

Form of composition

not applicable

Format of music

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Literary text for sound recordings

fiction

Main title

City of crows

Music parts

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Responsibility statement

Chris Womersley ; narrated by Zoe Carides

Summary

France, 1673. Desperate to save herself and her only surviving son from an outbreak of plague, the widow Charlotte Picot flees her village. But her son is kidnapped by slavers and she fears the boy has been taken to Paris, the terrible City of Crows. And so she resorts to witchcraft and summons assistance in the shape of a malevolent man. Meanwhile, a notorious criminal, Lesage, is unexpectedly released from the prison galleys where he has served a brutal sentence for sacrilegeâ ¦ A haunting tale of love and witchcraft â about the lengths to which a mother will go to rescue her child, and the lengths to which a damned man will go to save his soul

Target audience

adult

Transposition and arrangement

not applicable

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