Tuesday 18 September 2018

A Gathering of Ghosts by Karen Maitland



This is not my normal genre of reading and I never refuse a book to review so I gave it ago.

This book is based in 1316 when the world was a different place. the setting is in a priory St Marys in Dartmoor. The priory was built over an old well whichlocals worship daily and the priory is run by prioress Johanne.

One evening Sister Fina sees a vision along with her other sisters when attending to the well and on that same evening Sister Fina  comes across a deaf and muted  boy the priory walls. The priest does not want the boy stay and insist the boy will bring a curse to them all. The next day the priest is found dead, but prioress Johanne to keep a lid on the situation as she is having visitors to the priory brother knight Nicholas who there to investigate  the pilfering of priory money and age has her own secrets to hide.

Things begin to happen the minuet the boy turns up, there are many twist and  turns through out this story and great detail has gone into the characters, history events and the  harsh conditions of the prior of time.

so if you are a historian or a supernatural fan then go get a copy and sit back and enjoy.



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