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A Story of Heloise and Abelard. Heloise, a young scholar reputed to be the cleverest woman in 12th-century France, arrives in Paris set on entering the city''s masculine world of learning. Frustrated in her wishes, she is stunned when the brilliant, radical philosopher, Peter Abelard, consents to be her tutor in exchange for lodgings with her uncle. But what starts out as a meeting of minds turns into a passionate, dangerous love affair, which sends shockwaves throughout the country and incurs terrible retribution. |