- Hardcover: 113 pages
- Publisher: Delacorte Pr (Oct 1994)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385320973
- ISBN-13: 978-0385320979
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.5 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,831,535 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
In the 106 pages of THE BURNING TIME, Carol Matas is able to take you through tremendous tragedy. And hope.
Rose's mother is a midwife who is known for her great gift of healing, and Rose oftentimes helps her mother. Rose's father dies unexpectedly, leaving just she and her mother to take care of themselves and the land he left them in his will.
Her father's relatives are not happy that they did not receive the land upon Rose's father's death. One uncle in particular feels it should be his and is willing to do about anything to get the land for himself. This is where the historical travesty against women during that time period becomes so real--Rose's mother is accused of being a witch. If you think you know what happened to women accused of being witches during that time, you will still be moved by what happens in this book.
Carol Matas has taken such a historical event and put such closeness to it with her characters. No longer is France in the 16th century something read about in a history book, but rather real people let us into their lives and we experience a different kind of world. A different kind of society.
As a teacher I recommend this book often and every student of mine who has read it absolutely loves it. It is a quick read with a powerful punch.
Reviewed by: Dianna Geers
Rose's mother is a midwife who is known for her great gift of healing, and Rose oftentimes helps her mother. Rose's father dies unexpectedly, leaving just she and her mother to take care of themselves and the land he left them in his will.
Her father's relatives are not happy that they did not receive the land upon Rose's father's death. One uncle in particular feels it should be his and is willing to do about anything to get the land for himself. This is where the historical travesty against women during that time period becomes so real--Rose's mother is accused of being a witch. If you think you know what happened to women accused of being witches during that time, you will still be moved by what happens in this book.
Carol Matas has taken such a historical event and put such closeness to it with her characters. No longer is France in the 16th century something read about in a history book, but rather real people let us into their lives and we experience a different kind of world. A different kind of society.
As a teacher I recommend this book often and every student of mine who has read it absolutely loves it. It is a quick read with a powerful punch.
Reviewed by: Dianna Geers
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Horrifying, eye opening account of the witch hunts
16 Aug 2001
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Carol Matas, best known for the "Of Two Minds" novels and her various Holocaust fictions, has created a shocking novella about two women who find themselves trapped in a witch hunt in Renaissance France.
Suzanne Rives, a beautiful and fiercely independent widow and skilled midwife, refuses advances from two men to live with her daughter, the main character Rose. People have already been suspicious of her herbal treatments, but when a witch hunter spreads terror in the town comes, Suzanne's fate is sealed.
However, Rose still has some allies: Sylvie, a plucky castle maid whose motives are revealed later, and Raymond, a young man. Suzanne is subjected to horrifying torture by the cruel witch hunters and fanatics.
The violence is bloody and shocking, but never goes over the top. This book is well written, taut and poignant, about a mother-daughter relationship that must overcome the cruelties of the day.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
I was burning with excitement! (no pun intended)
30 Jun 1999
Format:Hardcover
When a death in the family occurs, Rose's life is turned around. First life without her father, then her mother is accused of witchcraft! If it weren't for spiteful family members or jealous practitians, Rose's simple life might have carried on, with a few women being tortured and burned. But fate has willed that Rose's mother should be tortured, and probably killed. A few(very few!) friends help Rose and attempt to save her mother, but that means getting out of the village; most of her childhood friends have turned against her and will never be the same again.
This book is excellent, and very historical. The characters are well-conceived, as is the plot. It is so realistic, that if I hadn't seen 'A Novel by Carol Matas' on the front, I would have believed that this really happened! And in a sense, it did. Many women were killed in this manner.
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3 Jan 2008
Format:Paperback
In the 106 pages of THE BURNING TIME, Carol Matas is able to take you through tremendous tragedy. And hope.
Rose's mother is a midwife who is known for her great gift of healing, and Rose oftentimes helps her mother. Rose's father dies unexpectedly, leaving just she and her mother to take care of themselves and the land he left them in his will.
Her father's relatives are not happy that they did not receive the land upon Rose's father's death. One uncle in particular feels it should be his and is willing to do about anything to get the land for himself. This is where the historical travesty against women during that time period becomes so real--Rose's mother is accused of being a witch. If you think you know what happened to women accused of being witches during that time, you will still be moved by what happens in this book.
Carol Matas has taken such a historical event and put such closeness to it with her characters. No longer is France in the 16th century something read about in a history book, but rather real people let us into their lives and we experience a different kind of world. A different kind of society.
As a teacher I recommend this book often and every student of mine who has read it absolutely loves it. It is a quick read with a powerful punch.
Reviewed by: Dianna Geers
Rose's mother is a midwife who is known for her great gift of healing, and Rose oftentimes helps her mother. Rose's father dies unexpectedly, leaving just she and her mother to take care of themselves and the land he left them in his will.
Her father's relatives are not happy that they did not receive the land upon Rose's father's death. One uncle in particular feels it should be his and is willing to do about anything to get the land for himself. This is where the historical travesty against women during that time period becomes so real--Rose's mother is accused of being a witch. If you think you know what happened to women accused of being witches during that time, you will still be moved by what happens in this book.
Carol Matas has taken such a historical event and put such closeness to it with her characters. No longer is France in the 16th century something read about in a history book, but rather real people let us into their lives and we experience a different kind of world. A different kind of society.
As a teacher I recommend this book often and every student of mine who has read it absolutely loves it. It is a quick read with a powerful punch.
Reviewed by: Dianna Geers
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