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Bezig met laden... A Trail of Inkdoor Mel Starr
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Medieval 1365 Master John Wyelif of Canterbury Hall, Oxford and friend to Hugh de Singleton, has had his library of twenty-two books stolen. Lord Gilbert requests that Hugh investigate and take the opportunity while there to also look for a wife. Surely he cannot get into any dangerous situations. An entertaining and well-written historical mysery with its likeable characters Although I haven't read the first two in the series yet I was able to follow the story just fine. The author Mel Starr has a remarkable gift for language. This story takes place in 14th century Oxford and is written in a way that really makes you feel as though you're there. The characters (especially Hugh, Kate, Master John, and Arthur) are well written. I enjoyed the relationship development between Hugh and Kate. Overall this book was well written and enjoyable to read. Deze bespreking is geschreven voor LibraryThing Vroege Recensenten. This is the third book in a great series, and I liked it the best so far. The setting is 15th-century England, mostly in Oxford this time.Our protagonist, Hugh de Singleton, is bailiff for Lord Talbot, a local nobleman. In this capacity, he investigates crimes, and is a tenacious man when he finds something he thinks is unjust or unmoral. In this volume, the mystery begins calmly enough when Hugh’s old professor Wycliffe reports that his entire library of books—a valuable commodity—has been stolen. The case gets more complicated, with some red herrings thrown in, and of course some danger involved. The actual murder in this instance doesn’t even happen until halfway through the book. The characters are a mixed lot, but Hugh is a good man and true. He is currently searching for a wife after Lord Talbot recommends he settle down. Enter Kate, who made an appearance in the previous book and has a bigger role here. Hugh has a rival that will probably cause more trouble in future books, but so far, the romance is going well, although it’s only a small part of the overall story. Descriptions are done very well, and the pacing is fine. As with the previous books in this series, the pacing is quite slow through most of the story, which forces the reader to consider the slower speed of everyday life in the setting. The ending came up quickly and was over fast, as with many historical mysteries. Some violence (circa 1465), no foul language, no sex. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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I had never seen Master John Wyclif so afflicted. He was rarely found at such a loss when in disputation with other masters. He told me later, when I had returned them to him, that it was as onerous to plunder a bachelor scholar's books as it would be to steal another man's wife. I had, at the time, no way to assess the accuracy of that opinion, for I had no wife and few books ...' So begins another delightful and intriguing tale from the life of Hugh de Singleton, surgeon in the medieval village of Bampton, near Oxford, and bailiff of Bampton Castle at the behest of Lord Gilbert Talbot. Hugh sets his cap at the delightful Kate, who proves equally resourceful in the search for the missing books. Some very determined adversaries are out to stop him, permanently if necessary - but are they motivated by greed or a more personal animosity? Then the corpse of a poor scholar, who had tried to sell one of the books, is found in the river: but he had not simply drowned ... Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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