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The Servant’s Tale

Dame Frevisse Mystery Series 2

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The Servant’s Tale

By: Margaret Frazer
Narrated by: Susan Duerden
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The play's the thing, to catch the conscience of a killer...

The Christmas season brings strange guests to the medieval nunnery of St. Frideswide's when a troupe of penniless players comes knocking at the gate. They bear with them the badly mangled body of a villager, swearing they found the drunken fool lying in a ditch. But Meg, the victim's wife and a scullery maid of the cloister, thinks there are far fouler deeds afoot.

As the players rehearse for the nativity, ancient scandals lick at their heels and dark desperation haunts Meg's steps as she finds cruel feudal laws threatening to strip away the lands that would support both her and her sons in the wake of her husband's death.

Dame Frevisse must thrust herself between these violent feuds, awakening dreams of her youth that she had believed long buried. Her very faith may be threatened, but Frevisse knows she must unravel a path to true salvation...before false raptures of lust bring ruination upon them all.

©1993 Margaret Frazer (P)2020 Tantor Detective Fiction Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Women Sleuths Women's Fiction Marriage Middle Ages

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I like the Era and the stories. This author is one of my favorites.

I enjoy the era.

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The story includes medieval traveling players. The story held my attention. The key protagonist is a great character wise beyond the walls of the abbey. I’m not sure I bought into the murderer at the end. I like the series so far. A pleasant medieval mystery series like Cadfael.

Pleasant Medieval Mystery Series

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Excellent historical detail seemlessly blended into the story. The narrator changes her voice for different characters, but it’s true she does not change accents. That’s a lot to ask for a book set in 14th century England.

Enjoyed story and narration

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I have loved her books but the audios are bringing them to life. The narrator was perfect. I dont see any more audio books and I would like "The Play Of ..." books on audio also!

Wonderful! More of the same please.

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Very well narrated. History of daily life was informative and interesting. Will read the entire series

Impeccable history

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Keeps you guessing. My first suspect turned out to be the killer, but the plot line had me questioning my choice a couple of times before I was sure of it.

Good mystery

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Seems historically accurate, and is well written with an interesting mystery plot that was not too simple to figure out. I really enjoyed listening to the thoughts and ideas of the nuns, and understanding more of their lives. 

Well written and historically interesting!

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The author really knows the customs of monastic life and the stories are interesting. This one had a surprising end

A great story

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I thoroughly enjoyed this Dame Frevisse cozy. The series is reminiscent of Cadfael. I thought I had discerned the coming ending for two key characters, but the hints I had picked up fooled me. Well done!

The narrator is excellent. Her voice is so much like that of the marvelous actor Juliet Stevenson that at first I thought it was she.

Recommended.

Excellent Entry in the Series

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I love these books and these plots; high quality in so many ways. However, the narrator speaks with literally one speech pattern over and over, always going down at the end of the sentence no matter what is being said. It drives me crazy and is such a bummer since the dialogue is so much more varied that she can give, but I will likely keep listening to the third book since the writing is so fun.

Great book; Disappointing Narration

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