The Monk

The Monk
ISBN-10
1409086348
ISBN-13
9781409086345
Series
The Monk
Category
Fiction
Pages
560
Language
English
Published
2009-11-10
Publisher
Random House
Author
Matthew Lewis

Description

'One of the most shocking Gothic novels' Independent Noble and devout, Ambrosio is the abbot of a Spanish monastery and spends his days in prayer and preaching. However his monastery is harboring a malevolent force in the form of a young monk called Rosario. Rosario attaches himself to the abbot and then one fateful night reveals that he is in fact a beautiful woman in disguise. From this moment on Ambrosio finds himself seduced into a lurid maelstrom of sin and vice that it is impossible for him to resist. INCLUDES THE BRAVO OF VENICE

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