Luna nera book

While women's voices plague her, Ade struggles with how to respond to Pietro's proposal. Leptis teaches Valente how to use a bow and arrow. Sign In Sign In. New Customer?

The plot takes place in the 17th-century in Serra, a fictitional village near Rome , and revolves around women who are accused of being witches , who defend themselves and fight back. Natalia, an old midwife, asks her granddaughter Ade to help her during the difficult birth of a child. While the baby is dying, the pregnant woman, Agnese, is scared and sends them away, accusing them of witchcraft. Returning home Natalia tells Ade that she may possess some ancient powers; she hides a mysterious book in the house and teaches her a spell to retrieve it. She then tells her that she should seek the Lost Cities in case she will not be back. Natalia flees but she is soon captured by a group of witch-hunters called Benandanti. A young man called Pietro is studying in Rome with a medicine professor, who explains to his students that witchcraft does not exist and only scientific knowledge can lead to the truth.

Luna nera book

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Learn more. Persepolis visits Serra again, finding out about the execution. Domenico Procacci.

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Jump to ratings and reviews. Want to read. Rate this book. Tiziana Triana. Italia, Diciassettesimo secolo. Nella campagna laziale, tra le torri di guardia dismesse dell'esercito romano, boschi frondosi e ruscelli, riparato da un muro di rovi, si nasconde un gruppo di donne che si sussurra pratichino la magia nera. Loading interface About the author. Tiziana Triana 1 book 49 followers. Tiziana Triana is Fandango Libri's editorial director and non-fiction editor.

Luna nera book

The plot takes place in the 17th-century in Serra, a fictitional village near Rome , and revolves around women who are accused of being witches , who defend themselves and fight back. Natalia, an old midwife, asks her granddaughter Ade to help her during the difficult birth of a child. While the baby is dying, the pregnant woman, Agnese, is scared and sends them away, accusing them of witchcraft. Returning home Natalia tells Ade that she may possess some ancient powers; she hides a mysterious book in the house and teaches her a spell to retrieve it. She then tells her that she should seek the Lost Cities in case she will not be back. Natalia flees but she is soon captured by a group of witch-hunters called Benandanti. A young man called Pietro is studying in Rome with a medicine professor, who explains to his students that witchcraft does not exist and only scientific knowledge can lead to the truth. When he returns home to treat his mother's illness, he discovers that his father Sante, the leader of the Benandanti, believes that the same witch who allegedly killed Agnese's baby is the source of the disease. Pietro's attempts to prove that the baby died of natural causes are dismissed by the local priest, padre Tosco, who insists that it has been the work of a witch. The women living in the Lost Cities prepare Natalia's body for the funeral and Ade is shocked to see it transforming into the body of her own mother, Antalia, who she believed was already dead.

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Domenico Procacci. As a consequence, Antalia was chosen to look after the book, which she hid at her house. Adalgisa Manfrida Persepolis. Before Natalia's execution, Pietro meets Ade and saves her from the mob who accuses her of witchcraft as well. Sign In Sign In. In the dwelling, the witches manage to convince Ade to use again her powers and this time they rescue several women that Ade has been hearing. This causes disagreements between Tebe and Leptis on the next course of action, but Tebe insists that getting the book back should be their priority. Ade decides to meet Pietro at the fountain and with Persepolis' help she leaves the house. User reviews Be the first to review. Hidden categories: CS1 Italian-language sources it Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata Pages containing links to subscription-only content. After Pietro leaves, Persepolis, who has been listening the whole time, appears to Spirto: he suggests her to marry him but she refuses and leaves.

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In the episodes you can also see: the Parco degli Acquedotti of Rome, Sorano , the ghost town of Celleno , Sutri , the Selva del Lamone [ it ] , the castle of Montecalvello [ it ] and the ghost town of Monterano [ it ]. Cesaria, Pietro's adoptive sister, and Spirto, an orphan working for the household, discover the Book of Kindgoms in Ade's house but they can't separate it from the roots of the floorboards. After being saved from a fight by Cesaria, he kisses her but she quickly stops him for now. Filippo Scotti Spirto. Natalia flees but she is soon captured by a group of witch-hunters called Benandanti. Sante continues his crusades against witchcraft by taking many innocent women prisoners and having his men interrogate them to discover where the witches live. Director Francesca Comencini. Ade keeps meeting Pietro by the fountain, until he asks her to marry him, naively believing that it may stop his family from persecuting her. Gianmarco Vettori Nicola. Pietro gets initiated into the Benandanti, but has later a change of heart and throws the medallion on the floor. The women living in the Lost Cities prepare Natalia's body for the funeral and Ade is shocked to see it transforming into the body of her own mother, Antalia, who she believed was already dead.