The Bones You Have Cast Down

"Enchanting and richly historical, dazzling and dark, heart-wrenching and intoxicating." — Stuart. R. Kaplan, Encyclopedia of Tarot In 1447, Taria is swept from a convent orphanage into the glittering retinue of the duchess of Milan. Lowborn in a highborn circling, she has never felt so alone. Then a mysterious miniature of a female pope sends her back in time to join the ecstatic circle of a woman adored as a saint in her time, ominously unknown in Taria's time. The duchess encourages Taria to learn more. But a devastating revelation forces Taria to conceal just what the duchess needs to know: the Inquisition hunted the saint and her followers. As jealousy wrecks her romance and poisons her closest friendship, Taria shuns the present and embraces the holy woman's circle as the family she has always craved. And the Inquisition closes in. Inspired by the true story of the Popess tarot card, The Bones You Have Cast Down evokes long-ago times not unlike our own: when the keepers of faith conspired against the faithful, and the rich and powerful embraced war and corruption, even while fostering works of artistic brilliance revered to this day. "Jean Huets is an expert in fifteenth-century history and tarot. Vivid details of food, dress, court etiquette and stomach-turning trips by wooden cart in freezing weather immerse us in the times. This is the kind of book I love: solid history with a touch of magic." — Sherryl E. Smith, Tarot Heritage