
Company of Liars
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Narrado por:
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Maxwell Caulfield
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Karen Maitland
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 strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to outrun the certain death that is running inexorably toward them. Each member of this motley company has a story to tell. From Camelot, the relic-seller who will become the group’s leader, to Cygnus, the one-armed storyteller...from the strange, silent child called Narigorm to a painter and his pregnant wife, each has a secret. None is what they seem. And one among them conceals the darkest secret of all - propelling these liars to a destiny they never saw coming. Magical, heart-quickening, and raw, Company of Liars is a work of vaulting imagination from a powerful new voice in historical fiction.
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"[Maitland] brings to life a medieval England of muddy streets and half-naked children fighting each other for pieces of dog dung to sell to the tanners, as sheep-stealers swing purple-faced from the gallows...She neatly catches the spirit of primitive superstition that governed every aspect of 14th century life and then rolls on with it for her own story-telling ends...Company of Liars is 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 - UK)
“Transports readers back to the days of the Black Death...Paying homage to The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales, this is a gripping read...As a reader you are taken as close to the plague as you would ever wish to go.” (Bookseller)
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Some of the ‘lies’ are more transparent than others. The story does touch on religious beliefs and cultural opinions of medieval Christians on Jews, homosexuality, holy relics, witches, religious rites and clergy. This is where the similarities to Canterbury Tales probably is connected. They are not structured discussions but intertwined with the relationships of the group as they face challenges and tragedy. These issues arise organically as these 9 strangers travel and in medieval England.
Overall, I liked the story. I guessed most of the hidden lies, some are more obvious than others. But then, so are people. There is a slight layer of supernatural that is intertwined in through out the story. It adds a little twist that could have been overblown but I think it enhances the ending.
Pilgrimage to escape the plague
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Wonderful story
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Loved it!
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Wonderful story...
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A satisfying tale
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Hard to Evaluate
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Maxwell Caulfield gives a stunning performance
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This was a suspenseful story that was masterfully told. I was intrigued by this time period in history as well.
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No real plot
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