{"product_id":"heloise-abelard-a-new-biography-9780060816131","title":"Heloise \u0026 Abelard: A New Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew Revelations about One of the Greatest Romances in History\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeter Abelard was arguably the greatest poet, philosopher, and religious teacher in all of twelfth-century Europe. In an age when women were rarely educated, Heloise was his most gifted young student. Their private tutoring sessions inevitably turned to passion, and their moments apart were spent writing love letters. Astoundingly, a few years ago a young scholar identified 113 new love letters between the pair which, combined with the latest scholarship, present us with the richest telling yet of the couple's clandestine passion -- a story that is erotic, poignant, and at times even funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurge, James:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJames Burge is a producer and director of documentaries for the BBC and the Discovery Channel. His fascination with the Middle Ages led him to make \u003cem\u003eStrange Landscape\u003c\/em\u003e, the BBC series about medieval culture, and to create a dramatization of the writings of the eccentric thirteenth-century English friar, Roger Bacon.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperOne","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50459888910610,"sku":"9780060816131","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79747442-5435-4d00-b25b-7078671e18a2.jpg?v=1730011979","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/heloise-abelard-a-new-biography-9780060816131","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}