![]() ![]() ![]() The poem's imaginative vision of the afterlife is representative of the medieval worldview as it had developed in the Catholic Church by the 14th century. Divided into three parts: Inferno (Hell), Purgatorio (Purgatory), and Paradiso (Heaven), it is widely considered the pre-eminent work in Italian literature and one of the greatest works of world literature. ![]() 1308 and completed in 1320, a year before his death in 1321. The Divine Comedy ( Italian: Divina Commedia) is an Italian narrative poem by Dante Alighieri, begun c. Works are included here if they have been described by scholars as relating substantially in their structure or content to the Divine Comedy. The Divine Comedy has been a source of inspiration for artists, musicians, and authors since its appearance in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Rosa Celeste: Gustave Doré's illustration for Paradiso Canto 31, where Dante and Beatrice gaze upon the highest Heaven, The Empyrean ![]()
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![]() Before I started reading, I was struggling with my reading mojo. It did not disappoint one jot! I loved The Guest List. So much so, it made it onto my top ten (ish) books of 2019! So I was really looking forward to getting stuck into this latest release. I was a huge fan of Foley’s The Hunting Partywhen it was released last year. ![]() I received a free eARC of The Guest List but that has in no way influenced my review. ![]() The Guest List was published in the UK by HarperCollins on 20th February 2020 and is available in hardcover, digital and audio formats with the paperback to follow in September. I am delighted to be sharing my review of the astonishingly good The Guest List with you today. One guest won’t leave this wedding alive. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. “On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. ![]() ![]() ![]() Thirteen-year-old Jessie suddenly feels like an only child, marooned in the house with her out of touch grandmother and her worried mother, each of them hiding a troubling secret. Only son Tiger is an infantry soldier, recently deployed to Vietnam. Middle sister Kirby, caught up in the thrilling vortex of civil rights protests and determined to be independent, takes a summer job on Martha's Vineyard. But like so much else in America, nothing is the same: Blair, the oldest sister, is marooned in Boston, pregnant with twins and unable to travel. ![]() ![]() Every year, the children have looked forward to spending the summer at their grandmother's historic home in downtown Nantucket. It's 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a changing. Welcome to the most tumultuous summer of the 20th century. Four siblings experience the drama, intrigue, and upheaval of a summer when everything changed in New York Times best-selling author Elin Hilderbrand's first historical novel. ![]() |