The AlterationCape, 1976 - Всего страниц: 208 An alternative history novel set in a world in which the Protestant Reformation never took place. Hubert Anvil is a singer in the choir of St. George's Basilica whose life is thrown into chaos when his teachers and the Church hierarchy decree that the boy's voice is too precious to sacrifice to puberty. Despite his own misgivings, he must undergo castration, the alteration of the title, in order to preserve it. Will he escape this turn of fate? |
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Abbot altered Anthony Archpresbyter asked Berlinguer Chapel child Church colour course Coverley Dame Anvil dark dear Decuman Domingo door Edgware Road Embassy England English eyes face Father Dilke Father Lyall favour feel fetch glance God's Haag hand head hear heard Hilda Holy honoured horse Hubert Hubert heard Jacob kissed knew London looked lord mama Margaret Mark Maserati Master Anvil mean mind minutes Mirabilis mother moved Muscovy never nodded Oh yes once Palatine Guard panino papa pause Pellew photograms Pope pray priest railtrack Rome round Samuel seemed seen servant silence sing singer smiled soon sound spoke St Cecilia's St Mary Bourne stay Stephen III stood sure talk tell Thank there's things Thomas thought Tobias Anvil told took turned Tyburn van den Haag Viaventosa voice wait White Fox window words young master