''The Crucible'' is a series of three
historical fantasy novels written by Australian author
Sara Douglass. The series is set around the adventures of English friar and nobleman Thomas Neville – who finds himself caught up between the eternal struggle of the
angels of
Heaven
Heaven or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the belie ...
and the
demon
A demon is a malevolent supernatural entity. Historically, belief in demons, or stories about demons, occurs in religion, occultism, literature, fiction, mythology, and folklore; as well as in media such as comics, video games, movies, ani ...
s of
Hell
In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell ...
, all against the backdrop of England and Europe in the throes of the profound
crisis of the
Late Middle Ages.
Books
The trilogy comprises the following titles:
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*''The Nameless Day'' (2000)
*''The Wounded Hawk'' (2001)
*''The Crippled Angel'' (2002)
References
External links
Book series introduced in 2000
Fantasy novel trilogies
Novels by Sara Douglass
Historical fantasy novels
Voyager Books books
Fiction set in the Late Middle Ages
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