The Monk
Author: Lewis, Matthew
ISBN: 9780099519034
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 02 Nov 2009
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
'Graphic, almost pornographic tale of darkness and evil' Guardian
'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
ISBN: 9780099519034
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK
Year first published: 02 Nov 2009
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback / softback
'Graphic, almost pornographic tale of darkness and evil' Guardian
'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
