The Plague Charmer

Autor: Maitland, Karen

Editorial: Headline

Lenguaje: Inglés Internacional

ISBN13: 9781472235831

Reseña: If you like dark atmospheric historical fantasy then this is definitely one for you Daily Mail The Plague Charmer by Karen Maitland Queen of the Dark Ages and bestselling author of Company of Liars will chill and delight fans of The Essex Serpent and Graeme Macrae Burnets His Bloody Project in equal measure. A dark read ... fear and hysteria are portrayed with claustrophobic skill The Times Riddle me this: I have a price but it cannot be paid in gold or silver. 1361. Porlock Weir Exmoor. Thirteen years after the Great Pestilence plague strikes England for the second time. Sara a packhorse mans wife remembers the horror all too well and fears for the safety of her children. Only a dark-haired stranger offers help but at a price that no one will pay. Fear gives way to hysteria in the village and when the sickness spreads to her family Sara finds herself locked away by neighbours she has trusted for years. And as her husband - and then others - begin to die the cost no longer seems so unthinkable. The price that I ask from one willing to pay... A human life.