Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman

She is a member of the Medieval Academy and the Medieval Association of the Pacific. She took her Master’s degree in Medieval Literature at Michigan State University and then did her doctoral work at the University of California at Santa Barbara in Medieval Studies, specializing in twelfth-century France. Sharan Newman is a medieval historian and author. Winner of the Macavity Award for Best First MysteryĪt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied. She will risk disgrace, the wrath of her family and the Church, and confront an evil older than Time itself-and, if she isn't careful, lose her immortal soul. To save her Order, and protect all she holds dear, Catherine must find the manuscript and discover who altered the text. When a manuscript the convent produced for the great Abbe Suger disappears, rumors surface saying the book contains sacrilegious passages and will be used to condemn Heloise's famous lover, Peter Abelard. With Death Comes As Epiphany, the first in the Catherine LeVendeur mystery series, medievalist Sharan Newman has woven dark mystery and sparkling romance into a fascinating and richly detailed tapestry of everyday life in twelfth-century France, and one of the most moving love stories of all time: Abelard and Heloise.Ĭatherine LeVendeur is a young scholar come to conquer her sin of pride at the Convent of the Paraclete, famous for learning, prayer, and its abbess, the fabled Heloise.

Death Comes As Epiphany by Sharan Newman