Pagan's Vows

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Candlewick Press, 2004 - Juvenile Fiction - 330 pages
The third of four books featuring Pagan's adventures, PAGAN'S VOWS is a medieval thriller that leads the reader through a web of mystery and intrigue — in the most unlikely of places.

Having renounced the sword, Pagan and Lord Roland arrive at the Abbey of St. Martin to devote their lives to God. But no sooner are they outfitted in their novices' habits than Pagan suspects that something mysterious is going on. While the emotionally wrecked Roland tries to find peace in monastic life, the humility and blind obedience required of all novices do not come easily to the worldly Pagan — especially when he learns that the monastery is riddled with deceit and corruption. Someone is stealing alms, and Pagan is determined to find out who. But the truth may come at a price, one that could force him to reconsider his pious role — and his dedication to Roland.
 

Selected pages

Contents

Section 1
13
Section 2
23
Section 3
46
Section 4
55
Section 5
65
Section 6
74
Section 7
83
Section 8
95
Section 14
181
Section 15
194
Section 16
206
Section 17
216
Section 18
228
Section 19
255
Section 20
264
Section 21
278

Section 9
105
Section 10
115
Section 11
125
Section 12
153
Section 13
160
Section 22
286
Section 23
297
Section 24
308
Section 25
330
Copyright

Other editions - View all

Pagan's Vows
Catherine Jinks
No preview available - 2007
Pagan's Vows: Book Three in the Pagan Chronicles
Catherine Jinks
No preview available - 2007
Pagan's Vows
Catherine Jinks
No preview available - 2005

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2004)

Catherine Jinks is a medieval scholar and young adult author -- a background that is evident in this third of four stories about Pagan Kidrouk. Catherine Jinks's books have garnered numerous awards, including the prestigious Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year. Pagan grew out of a university course Catherine Jinks took about the Crusades, and her fascination with the real Order of the Templar. She was also heavily influenced by British comedies like MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL. She didn't expect, however, that she would end up writing four books about Templar squire Pagan Kidrouk. "He was such a strong character," she explains, "that he sprang into my head fully formed, and wouldn't go away until I'd worked out his entire life span. He's certainly the strongest character Ive ever written about. The cutest, too, I think." Catherine Jinks lives in Australia.

Bibliographic information

TitlePagan's Vows
Volume 3 of Pagan chronicles
AuthorCatherine Jinks
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherCandlewick Press, 2004
ISBN0763620211, 9780763620219
Length330 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / General
Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Medieval
Juvenile Fiction / Mysteries & Detective Stories
Juvenile Fiction / Royalty
  
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