Lumen. Krakow, Poland. Autumn , the early months of Nazi occupation. Unseen in the cloister of Our Lady of Seven Sorrows, a shadowy assassin takes the life of Maria Kazimierza, the convent’s mother superior. The murder brings about great embarrassment for the German authorities and for the Polish clergy. Mother Kazimierza, in fact, was more than a simple abbess: her body showed Christ’s own . Lumen Volume 1 of A Martin Bora novel Captain Martin Bora Volume 1 of Martin Bora Series, Ben Pastor: Author: Ben Pastor: Edition: illustrated: Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press, ISBN: /5(3). · Part wartime political intrigue, detective story, psychological thriller, and religious mystery, Ben Pastor's debut follows a German army captain and a Chicago priest as they investigate the death /5(3).
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Ben Pastor: Ben Pastor, born in Italy, has lived for thirty years in the United States, working as a university professor in Vermont. She is the author of other novels including The Water Thief and The Fire Walker (set in Roman times and published to high acclaim in the US by St. Martin’s Press), and is considered one of the most talented writers in the field of historical fiction. The key figure in Ben Pastor’s excellent historical mystery LUMEN seems to be a murdered nun. Mother Matka Kazimierza was not just any nun. Known as the “Holy Abbess,” Kazimierza was considered a visionary who could supposedly predict the future. Ben (Maria Verbena Volpi) Pastor was born in Rome, but her career as a college teacher and writer requires that she divide her time between the United States and Italy, where she is now doing research. Author of the internationally acclaimed Martin Bora war mysteries, she begins with Aelius Spartianus a new series of thrilling tales.
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