Aug 29, 2008

The Abbess of Crewe | The Abbess of Crewe

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Author: Muriel Sarah Camberg
First Published: 1974
Type of Work: Novel
Type of Plot: Satire
Time of Work: The early 1970’s
Setting: Crewe, England
Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Political fiction, Roman à clef
Subjects: 1970’s, Power, personal or social, England or English people, Blackmail, Rulers, Ethics, Catholics or Catholic Church, Monasteries, monks, or monasticism, Convents or nunneries, Nuns, Jesuits
Locales: England

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Alexandra, the recently elected Abbess of Crewe, a Roman Catholic Benedictine abbey in the English Midlands. Tall and slender, with white skin and light eyes, the forty-two-year-old abbess bears herself with a clear consciousness of her aristocratic lineage. In her quest for power, she will stop at nothing. To win the election, she bugged the abbey and the grounds, entered into a secret pact with the Jesuits to commit a burglary, and even accused her rival of being a bourgeoise instead of a lady. When she is exposed, Alexandra casts the blame on her loyal...

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The Abbess of Crewe | The Abbess of Crewe

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