Holy Fools

Set in 17th century France against a backdrop of witch trials, regicide and religious frenzy, Juliette, a travelling actress and rope-dancer, seeks refuge in a remote abbey with her young daughter. She reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste, but her life unravels with the appointment of a new Abbess.

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Forced by circumstance to seek refuge with Fleur, her young daughter, in the remote abbey of Saint Marie-de-la-Mer, Juliette reinvents herself as Soeur Auguste under the tutelage of the kindly Abbess. But times are changing: the murder of Henri IV becomes the catalyst for massive upheaval in France. A new appointment is made, and Juliette's new life begins to unravel. For the new Abbess is Isabelle, the eleven-year-old child of a corrupt and noble family. Worse, Isabelle has brought with her a ghost from Juliette's past, masquerading as a cleric, a man she has every reason to fear...