The Gallows Curse
$37.41
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
4 May 2012
Summary
‘A tour de force, dark and woven with the supernatural’ - Daily Mail
The thirteenth-century is just begun and King John has fallen out with the Pope, leaving babies to lie unbaptized in their cradles and corpses in unconsecrated ground. Across a fear-ravaged England, the people are dying in sin.
In the village of Gastmere, this has shocking consequences for servant girl Elena. Unwittingly drawn into a macabre scheme to absolve dying Lord Gerard of his crimes, death an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141047447 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0141047445 |
| Author: | Karen Maitland |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 4 May 2012 |
| Weight: | 409g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 129mm x 34mm |
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Critics Review
Bawdy and brutal
A ripping tale set in the year of 1210. Full of colour and detail * Daily Telegraph *Maitland’s richest yet: a breathless romp through an England rendered spiritually desolate. Bubbles over with the exploits of desperate priests, scheming herbalists, torturous conspirators, a dwarf-sized madam and a plot of treason against the King * Metro *Bawdy and brutal * Simon Mayo *A gem of a story. Meticulously researched and told with blood-curdling relish, this is a tale that will keep you awake at night * News of the World *A richly evocative page-turner which brings to life a lost and terrible period of British history, with a disturbing final twist worthy of a master of the spine-tingler, such as Henry James * Daily Express *Karen Maitland neatly catches the spirit of primitive superstition * Daily Express *
About The Author
Karen Maitland
Karen Maitland travelled and worked in many parts of the United Kingdom before finally settling in the beautiful medieval city of Lincoln. She is the author of The White Room, Company of Liars, The Owl Killers and The Gallows Curse. The latter three titles are available as Penguin paperbacks.
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