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<p>the National Bestseller&#58; A Medieval Murder Mystery Full Of The Wonders Of The Time&mdash;and Lessons For Our Own Time&mdash;by A Master Storyteller.</p><h3>publishers Weekly</h3><p>a Portentous Opening Sentence-``it Was A Death That Began It All And Another Death That Led Us On''-sets The Tone For Booker Prize Winner Unsworth's (sacred Hunger) Gripping Story. Indeed, A Larger Spectre Than Those Two Deaths Hangs Over This Tale Set In 14th-century England. The Black Plague Is Abroad In The Land, And Here It Also Symbolizes The Corruption Of The Church And Of The Nobility. One Bleak December Day, Young Nicholas Barber, A Fugitive Priest Who Has Impulsively Decamped From Lincoln Cathedral, Comes Upon A Small Band Of Traveling Players Who Are Burying One Of Their Crew. He Pleads To Join Them, Despite The Fact That Playing On A Public Stage Is Expressly Forbidden To Clergy. His Guilt And Brooding Fear Of Retribution Pervade This Taut, Poetic Narrative. Footsore, Hungry, Cold And Destitute, The Members Of The Troupe Are Vividly Delineated: Each Has Strengths And Weaknesses That Determine His Behavior When Their Leader, Martin, Suggests A Daring Plan. In The Next Town They Reach, A

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Author

Unsworth, Barry, 1930-

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393315608

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery

Rating

3.73 / 5 (2,394 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14