![]() ![]() His controversial reputation only adds to his allure, yet despite the legions of women swooning over his poetry and dashing looks, he is captivated by the brilliant Heloise alone. Pierre Abelard, headmaster at the Notre-Dame Cloister School, is acclaimed as one of the greatest philosophers in France. Extraordinarily educated and quick-witted, she is being groomed by her uncle to become an abbess in the service of God.īut with one encounter, her destiny changes forever. "While I sleep you never leave me, and after I wake I see you, as soon as I open my eyes, even before the light of day itself." -Abelard to HeloiseĪmong the young women of twelfth-century Paris, Heloise d’Argenteuil stands apart. The first retelling of the passionate, twelfth-century love story since the discovery of 113 lost love letters between Heloise d’Argenteuil and Pierre Abelard-the original Romeo and Juliet. ![]()
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