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The Gallows Curse
Karen Maitland
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Description for The Gallows Curse
Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 410.
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141047447
SKU
V9780141047447
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Ref
99-98
About 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.
Reviews for The Gallows Curse
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
... Read more
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
... Read more