Peter Abelard

Name: Peter Abelard
Author: Helen Waddell

by Helen Waddell

Novel of the medieval philosopher Peter Abelard and his tragic love affair

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Helen Waddell

Waddell was an Ulster medievalist and novelist whose Peter Abelard is one of the finest historical novels of its period, reconstructing the world of twelfth-century Paris and the tragedy of Abelard and Heloise with great learning and feeling.

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