Ysabel

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Set in modern & ancient Provence, this exhilarating, moving novel casts brilliant light on the ways in which history ? whether of a culture or a family ? refuses to be buried. Ned Marriner, fifteen years old, has accompanied his photographer father to Provence for a six-week shoot? of images for a glossy coffee-table book. Gradually, Ned discovers a very old story playing itself out in this modern world of iPods, cellphones, & seven-seater vans whipping along roads walked by Celtic tribes & the Roman Legions. On one holy, haunted night of the ancient year, when the borders between the living & the dead are down & fires are lit upon the hills, Ned, his family, & his friends, are shockingly drawn into this tale, as dangerous, mythic figures from conflicts of long ago erupt into the present, claiming & changing lives.