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The Good Death: The Oswald de Lacy Medieval Murders

Autor S D Sykes
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 20 ian 2022

Remarcăm o structură narativă duală, tensionată, care forțează limitele romanului istoric clasic. Vocea lui S D Sykes pendulează între maturitatea unui lord hărțuit de familie și inocența unui novice din 1349. Totul începe cu o fată terifiantă care se îneacă sub ochii lui Oswald. Autoritățile ignoră disparițiile. Nimic nu contează în fața mănăstirii încuiate împotriva ciumei. Credem că forța acestui volum stă în modul în care trecutul refuză să rămână îngropat. O scrisoare în mâna unei mame muribunde declanșează o vânătoare de adevăr veche de două decenii. Atmosfera te trimite cu gândul la Plague Land, deși The Good Death marchează o voce proprie prin explorarea traumelor formative ale lui Oswald. Față de primele volume, precum The Butcher Bird, unde protagonistul învăța regulile supraviețuirii ca moștenitor, aici S D Sykes sapă adânc în motivele care l-au transformat pe Oswald dintr-un călugăr timid într-un investigator neobosit. Ritmul este febril. Moartea este peste tot — fie prin boală, fie prin mână criminală. Este un portret violent și emoționant al datoriei și al vinovăției care traversează generații.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781473680234
ISBN-10: 1473680239
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 130 x 196 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.21 kg
Editura: Hodder & Stoughton
Colecția Hodder Paperbacks
Seria The Oswald de Lacy Medieval Murders

Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care caută un mister istoric verosimil, departe de clișeele cavalerești. Veți descoperi o Anglie medievală brutală, unde ciuma și corupția merg mână în mână. The Good Death oferă cheia întregului parcurs al lui Oswald de Lacy, fiind esențială pentru fanii seriei care vor să înțeleagă secretele de familie ce au bântuit volumele anterioare.


Descriere

'The series gets better and better . . . a very credible medieval world . . . Oswald is such an appealing character, growing richer and deeper with every book' - Andrew Taylor, author of Ashes of London

1370. Oswald de Lacy was not always Lord of the Manor, or even meant to be. The third son, he was sent off to become a novice monk. Now, with winter closing in on Somershill, his wife flirting with their houseguest, his sister sniping from the sidelines and his mother still ruling his life even from her deathbed, Oswald is forced to confront the secret that has haunted him ever since those days in the monastery.

1349. Sent to gather herbs in the forest by his tutor, Brother Peter, 18-year-old Oswald encounters a terrified girl, who runs into the swollen river and drowns. In her village, he discovers that she is only one of many poor young women who have disappeared, with no-one in authority caring enough to investigate.

Convinced the girls are dead, Oswald turns to the village women for help in finding the murderer - in particular to the beautiful Maud Woodstock, who provokes feelings in Oswald that no monk should entertain.

Soon, however, another killer stalks the land. Plague has come and the monastery is locked against it. Brother Peter insists that Oswald should forget his quest. But Oswald will not stop until he has discovered the shocking truth, which will echo down the years to a letter, clutched in his dying mother's hand.


Recenzii

The series gets better and better. It's building a very credible medieval world view while keeping the reader turning the pages at a gallop. And Oswald is such an appealing character, growing richer and deeper with every book, as the beastliness of his family becomes more and more evident. I loved the concept of a good death, too.
The author's inventiveness and gift for description serves to deepen an already nuanced lead. Sykes solidifies her standing as a preeminent historical whodunit writer
S D Sykes' The Good Death is a twisting mystery written with intelligence and a striking mood of poignancy. I turned the final page with deep satisfaction and true admiration
Sykes has an easy, engaging writing style producing an entertaining and enthralling read
An utterly compelling, darkly atmospheric mystery set against a backdrop of plague, prejudice and passion. I could not put this book down
It is a book to get lost in rather than rattle through and it feels like the right book to reflect, without being overwhelmed by that, on our newly limited world. I thoroughly recommend it
The Good Death is beautifully written and immersed in its time . . . I marvel at the way in which the author evokes this feudal age . . . a fabulous historical crime mystery