Provenance

By Ronald Florence
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Published: April 18, 2012
Words: 100,896 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9780985524029

Short description

Words Matter. Provenance is a novel about two ancient books that link the lives of ordinary people across centuries and continents. The locales and the books are real. The story is a mystery and an unforgettable tale of love, passion, yearning, and trust.

Extended description

Two ancient books link the lives and dreams of ordinary people across centuries. The backgrounds, locales and the books, a definitive Hebrew bible and an unusual prayer book for women, are real. Seamlessly blending history and fiction, Provenance is a mystery and an unforgettable story of love, passion, yearning, and trust.

"An amazing voyage through layers of history. Florence has a mastery of combining facts and fiction to evoke a powerful sense of character and a wondrously atmospheric sense of places and times. One of the best novels I have read in years."
— Katharina Galor, Brown University

"In Provenance, acclaimed author Ronald Florence deploys his formidable talents as a historian and raconteur to weave together an intricate tale of an unusual women’s prayer book and a cherished medieval Hebrew bible manuscript, the Crown of Aleppo, whose survival to modernity is both perilous and virtually miraculous. As the Crown travels across centuries from Egypt to Prove.. (Read more) Two ancient books link the lives and dreams of ordinary people across centuries. The backgrounds, locales and the books, a definitive Hebrew bible and an unusual prayer book for women, are real. Seamlessly blending history and fiction, Provenance is a mystery and an unforgettable story of love, passion, yearning, and trust.

"An amazing voyage through layers of history. Florence has a mastery of combining facts and fiction to evoke a powerful sense of character and a wondrously atmospheric sense of places and times. One of the best novels I have read in years."
— Katharina Galor, Brown University

"In Provenance, acclaimed author Ronald Florence deploys his formidable talents as a historian and raconteur to weave together an intricate tale of an unusual women’s prayer book and a cherished medieval Hebrew bible manuscript, the Crown of Aleppo, whose survival to modernity is both perilous and virtually miraculous. As the Crown travels across centuries from Egypt to Provence to Aleppo, Israel and Brooklyn, its fate interweaves and transforms the lives of a rich array of characters, each enchantingly evoked by Florence’s elegant prose. An illuminating read."
— Ross S. Kraemer, author of Unreliable Witnesses
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bible, jewish, prayer book, provence, aleppo codex

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