New Historical Fiction: Fighting The Plague and Anti-Semitism in Medieval Europe

In Beautiful Angels, individual values and character confront ignorance and prejudice. As the Plague closes in on a Medieval French community, villagers blame the town’s Jews and threaten to burn them out. A young man, Ugo, must choose to stand with or against the mob.

Houston, United States – May 14, 2019 /PressCable/ —

Fleury Sommers is launching the new book, “Beautiful Angels,” available through Amazon in the Historical Fiction category. More information is available at the website: https://fleurysommers.com/get-a-copy-of-beautiful-angels/

Award-winning writer and author Fleury Sommers is launching her new book, “Beautiful Angels.” The book, published April 23rd and available through Amazon, is expected to appeal to fans of historical fiction.

More information on the book can be found at the Beautiful Angels website.

Sommers’ sixth book, Beautiful Angels explores the complex, brutal and often beautiful world of the Middle Ages at the start of the Black Death. She observes that the story’s parallels to current threats of re-emerging virulent religious antagonism provide a historically accurate, timely reminder of the consequences of ignorance, hatred and division.

The story centers around Ugolinus (Ugo), a profane and skeptical young ward to a parish priest in a rural French community that fearfully awaits the arrival of the plague, knowing there is no explanation or remedy for the always-deadly disease. Villagers blame the town’s Jewish community for the plague’s arrival and insist it and its occupants be burned to protect the village. While the parish priest attempts to leverage faith and his authority to keep order, the flagellants, already responsible for Jewish deaths in other parts of Europe, threaten violence and murder in the name of the Christian God. Ugo faces the choice of standing with or against the mob, which includes his own father.

Sommers is an award-winning editorial writer and columnist who has written a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles. “I am fascinated with the best and the worst of human nature’s responses to devastating situations like the Black Death, and how individuals are able to keep their values and find the best course through extraordinary difficulties,” she said. “This story is an appreciation of how individual values and character can rise above popular ignorance and prejudices.”

The book’s cover art was created by the author herself, and Beautiful Angels is being released by the author.

Those interested in learning more about the book can visit here: https://fleurysommers.com/get-a-copy-of-beautiful-angels/

Contact Info:
Name: Tom Sommers
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Organization: Sommers & Associates
Address: 5300 North Braeswood Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77096, United States
Phone: +1-713-222-1600
Website: https://www.fleurysommers.com

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