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In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama. The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate... read more
Summary
In a dark time this lost and confused, wayward band of castoffs find protection, comfort and often suspicion in one another and in their beliefs in the supernatural, spells, relics, charms and folklore of the time. They hit the road during the time when Black Plague was sweeping their homeland... read more (warning: may contain spoilers)
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Camelot: The one-eyed elderly man selling hope in relics
- Rodrigo: The passionate musical performer/teacher
- Jofre: Rodrigo's promising, yet, troubled student
- Zophiel: The narcissistic magician
- Adela: She is naive and pregnant and should not be on the open road but is...
- Osmond: Adela's serious but devoted husband
- Cygnus: The one-winged man accused of a heinous murder
- Pleasance: The healer
- Narigorm: The eerily strange, devious albino child who is unofficially adopted by Pleasance
Memorable Quotes
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“Sometimes we heard the grinding of a branch or some other object forced against the pillar of the crypt by the surging water. The stone amplified the noise so that it sounded as if some huge beast was gnawing away at the foundations of the chapel.”
Camelot
First Sentence
They say that if you suddenly wake with a shudder, a ghost has walked over your grave.
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter One: The Midsummer Fair p. 5-14
Chapter Two: The Company p. 15-24
Chapter Three: Zophiel p. 25-41
Chapter Four: Adela and Osmond p. 42-59
Chapter Five: The Cripple's Wedding p.60-73
Chapter Six: Saint John Shorne's Shrine p.74 -87
Chapter Seven: The Prophecy p. 88-94
Chapter Eight: Swan-boy p.95-111
Chapter Nine: Vampires and Jews p.112-125
Chapter Ten: Cygnus p.126-145
Chapter Eleven: All Soul's Night p.146-159
Chapter Twelve: Retribution p.160-175
Chapter Thirteen: Pleasance Tale p.176-191
Chapter Fourteen: Glass-blower p.192-214
Chapter Fifteen: The First Death p.215-226
Chapter Sixteen: The Chantry p.227-257
Chapter Seventeen: The Stew p.258-273
Chapter Eighteen: Birth and Death p.274-290
Chapter Nineteen: One is taken p.291-306
Chapter Twenty: Alchemy p.307-328
Chapter Twenty-One: The Standing Stone p.329-347
Chapter Twenty-Two: Stains in the Snow p.348-361
Chapter Twenty-Three: A Corpse lies bleeding p.362-368
Chapter Twenty-Four: The Swan Knight p.369-383
Chapter Twenty-Five: The Mermaid in the Mirror p.384-397
Chapter Twenty-Six: The Place of the Hollows p.398-417
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Sending p.418-426
Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Game p.429-432
Chapter Twenty-Nine: The Last Lie p.433-439
Chapter Thirty: Truth p.440-444
Chapter Thirty-One: Saint Uncumber p.445-453
Historical Notes: p.454-458
Glossary: p.459-465
Authors & Contributors
- Karen Maitland (Author)
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