{"product_id":"9781405967914","title":"Sinners","description":"\u003cp\u003ePre-order the latest retelling from Elizabeth Fremantle, the electrifying tale of rage and resistance of young noblewoman Beatrice Cenci, now in paperback\n\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA young noblewoman accused of murder, awaits execution. Imprisoned in the Corte Savella, she has captured the hearts and sympathy of all Rome. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is the true and tragic tale of Beatrice Cenci.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMurder most foul or vengeance most just?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHelpless victim or resolute heroine?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRome, 1599.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeatrice yearns to escape the clutches of her abusive father and determined to find a way back to Rome, enlists the help of Olimpio, the castle's keeper. Soon the love that grows between them will transform Beatrice's fortunes, for better and for worse. . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistory has sold her short. She is no doe-eyed victim of her father's brutality, nor the cunning murderer who plotted her father's demise. No, this Beatrice - a woman pregnant by her lover, incarcerated in a remote castle by her father, and brim-full of white-hot rage - is both innocent and guilty, saint and sinner.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd she will stand tall in the face of the violence of men, no matter the cost.\n\u003cbr\u003e__________\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003ePraise for Sinners:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn evocative tale of misplaced love and lust at a time when, saint or sinner, no one wins. A gripping read which gallops to a crescendo of an ending - Melanie Cantor\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA sensationally powerful novel with a rollercoaster of a story that has the dark logic of Greek tragedy - Andrew Taylor, bestselling author of The Ashes of London\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eI was spellbound by this wonderful book and had to neglect everything else to finish it. Truly, it's one of the best historical novels I have read in a long time. Elizabeth Fremantle evokes so beautifully and convincingly the Italy of the late sixteenth century; her characters are compellingly drawn and her prose is magnificent. I cannot recommend this novel highly enough - Alison Weir, acclaimed historian and novelist\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA dark and brilliant historical novel that reads like a cross between a murder mystery, a true crime drama, and a Jacobean tragedy. You can almost feel the heat and the horror of the sixteenth century. One of the best historical novels I have read in a very long time - Garth Russell, acclaimed historian of Queen James\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA transporting historical thriller - 16th century Rome, a heroine (kind-of) and a murder trial - Erin Kelly, bestselling author of He Said, She Said\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49255431995627,"sku":"EB_LI0800_B25-01_SIMS","price":22.89,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0758\/4484\/5803\/files\/9781405967914-1.jpg?v=1787302091","url":"https:\/\/kinokuniya.com.sg\/products\/9781405967914","provider":"Books Kinokuniya Singapore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}