Hangman Blind (Abbess Hildegard of Meaux)
ASIN: B0099Y2PSS
Publish date: February 17th 2009
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Edition language: English
Category:
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mystery,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
14th Century
Series: Abbess of Meaux (#1)
Did not finish. I don't care to see how the mystery turns out. Hildegaard falls flat as a heroine. Overall, pretty blah.
Hildegard, a nun in 14th Century England travels through Yorkshire to find a grange to start her own house of nuns with money left from a deceased husband. She has contacts to the West, but on her way there she finds hanged men and a mutilated boy and finds that the danger and horror doesn't stop on...
bookshelves: published-2008, autumn-2012, historical-fiction, medieval5c-16c, one-penny-wonder, paper-read, mystery-thriller, yorkshire, tbr-busting-2012, library-in-norway, series, poison, revenge Recommended to ☯Bettie☯ by: MBP Read from May 19, 2009 to October 18, 2012 dedication: To my daug...
dedication: To my daughtersWithdrawn from Kent Libraries and ArchivesMaps:ENGLAND & WALES IN 1382YORKSHIRE IN 1382opening - The novice slipped ahead like a shadow in the darkness, melting away only when Hildegard reached the great studded door and pushed it open. There she found the prioress in her ...