2008 Year Of Reading
Storytelling
- Title:
- Company of Liars
- Author:
- Karen Maitland
- Genre:
- Contemporary Fiction
- Publishing Details:
- Michael Joseph Ltd, 2008
ISBN: 978-0718153229
- Description:
- It’s 1348 and the plague has come to England. Panic, suspicion and chaos are rife. A trader in holy relics, a rune reader and an adolescent couple group together in the hope of surviving, but each of them harbours a dangerous secret. Maitland harks back to the story-telling traditions of The Canterbury Tales in this atmospheric tale of treachery and magic. As they flee for their lives, they also flee from the lies on which those lives have been built to face the brutal and often fatal consequences of truth. The detail is superb, the research spot on and the atmosphere suitably grim. There is little in the way of mercy, respite or humour, so be ready for a colourful journey into the one of the darker periods of English history.
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