Morality Play
A novel about a group of travelling players touring England in 1390 in the years following the Black Death. Tired of presenting the usual mystery plays they decide to re-enact a murder that has recently taken place in the town they are visiting. This has unforeseen consequences as they are forced...
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A novel about a group of travelling players touring England in 1390 in the years following the Black Death. Tired of presenting the usual mystery plays they decide to re-enact a murder that has recently taken place in the town they are visiting. This has unforeseen consequences as they are forced to confront the real story of death.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780140175745 (0140175741)
Publish date: 1996-09-05
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 192
Edition language: English
Category:
European Literature,
British Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
Medieval,
Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Fiction,
Historical
bookshelves: autumn-2013, film-only, published-1992, medieval5c-16c, britain-england, play-dramatisation, mystery-thriller, lit-richer, historical-fiction, booker-longlist, bdsm Read on November 28, 2013 Film is called The Reckoning. Blurb from IMDB: A priest on the lam takes up with a traveling...
Well, well, well, Barry... Didn’t think we would meet again after that ghastly horror that ‘The Land of Marvels’ was. But this wasn’t half bad. The book takes place in late fourteenth century and tells the story of Nicholas, a fugitive monk ,who joins a travelling troupe. As the narrator says: ...
Honestly, it took about 40 pages for this book to really engage my attention. Once it did, though, I couldn't stop thinking about it. Couldn't wait to get back on the subway so I'd have time to sit and read, and never figured out "who done it" on my own. A very unique murder mystery. Thank you, Maur...
A fascinating 'who done it' set in medieval England. Set against an eerie backdrop of plague, feudalism and church rule, "Morality Play" is the story of a de-frocked priest who teams up with a troupe of actors who are defying the Pope's orders by performing plays that haven't been approved by the c...
this was my introduction to the historical novels of barry unsworth and i really appreciate his idea of telling a story set in the past. he doesn't overwhelm the reader with his precious research; rather he provides in morality tale a whodunnit set in the middle ages. his style of historical writing...
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