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Paperback. Pub Date :2012-03-15 Pages: 563 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Export 1210 and a black force is sweeping England.For a vengeful King John has seized control of the Church. leaving corpses to lie in unconsecrated ground. babies unbaptized in their cradles and the people terrified of dying in sin.And in the village of Gastmere. the consequences grow darker still when Elena. a servant girl. is dragged into a conspiracy to absolve the sins of the lord of the manor. As the terrors that soon begin to plague Elenas sleep grow darker. in desperation she visits the cunning woman. who has been waiting for just such an opportunity to fulfil an ancient curse conjured at the gallows.Elena. haunted by this curse and threatened with death for a crime she didnt commit. flees the village ... only to find her nightmare has barely begun.For treachery lurks in every shadow as K...

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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 and betrayal haunt her dreams like a curse.

And when Elena is threatened with hanging for a murder she did not commit, it is certain that unnatural conspiracy lies behind these dark deeds. But where can she turn? For in every face lies wickedness and in every shadow lurks treachery . . .

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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)

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  • PublisherPenguin
  • Publication date2012
  • ISBN 10 0241958369
  • ISBN 13 9780241958360
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages576
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