num_pages: 320
description: 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 Abelard and Heloise.Catherine 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.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.To save her Order, and protect all she holds dear, Catherine must find the manuscript and discover who altered the text. 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.Winner of the Macavity Award for Best First Mystery
language: English
title: Death Comes As Epiphany
titlecomplete: Death Comes As Epiphany (Catherine LeVendeur, #1)
genres: Historical Mystery, Historical, France, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, 12th Century, Fiction, Medieval, Crime
ratings_count: 2005
places: Ferreux-Quincey
series: Catherine LeVendeur
awards: awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Macavity Award
category: Best First Mystery Novel, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Anthony Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Dilys Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Agatha Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Forge Books