![]() ![]() Holsinger's research, alongside the energetic vulgarity of a language in flux, delivers up a world where even the filth is colorful' New York Times Book Review 'John Gower is the perfect narrator and amateur sleuth. ![]() Sansom are inevitable, and justified' Andrew Taylor, Spectator ![]() his London feels like a real place, from St Paul's churchyard to Southwark's Gropecunt Lane. 'His profound knowledge of the 14th century provides a wonderfully convincing backdrop. 'Holsinger carries the reader to Oxford, Italy and Spain, but the highlight is his description of medieval London with its murky, poverty-stricken streets.enjoyable and intelligent' Daily Mail 'An enjoyable story of murder and intrigue in 14th-century London' Sunday Times 'This book has almost everything you could want in a historical fiction - rich in period detail and driven by a compulsively engaging and tangled story.The characters are well drawn, the social mores related in unapologetic detail and his multi-layered plot shows a superb storytelling fluency comparable with C.J. 'This is a rich novel.Bruce Holsinger is a leading American scholar of the Middle Ages and his debut novel combines detailed knowledge of the period with an undoubted gift for gripping storytelling' BBC History magazine ![]()
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