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From Publishers Weekly
It's not just the weather that's bleak in Sedley's well-told tale, her sixth set in the Middle Ages and featuring monk-turned-traveling salesman Roger the Chapman (Death and the Chapman, etc.). Unlike the others in his village, the sharp-witted, independent Roger has no patience for the preacher who has come to town. Simeon the Friar is the worst kind of fanatic: he has an answer for everything and disdains even his fellow Dominicans for being too worldly. Feeling restless again, especially after spending an evening with the preacher at his mother-in-law's insistence, Roger is eager to get back on the open road in spite of the winter chill. But the road isn't open enough, for it seems everywhere he stops people are talking of the holy man. It isn't long before Roger encounters the friar himself on his way to visit Lady Cederwell, a young and devout noblewoman who has urgently summoned him. When she is found dead, having fallen from her private chapel, foul weather and foul play conspire to keep the two men at Cederwell Manor. Roger, with his friendly and open demeanor, keeps his ears open, trying to uncover the mystery of the unhappy woman's death. Could she have been pushed by her much older husband, who is known to be in love with the widow who lives nearby? Simeon finds enough sinfulness and intrigue to fill his sermons for years. The mystery, though it has a tendency to turn gothic, is expertly plotted. But the richest rewards for readers come in the medieval worldAits lonely and isolated landscapes, austere lives and demanding religionAthat Sedley evokes with authority and empathy. (Aug.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Sixth in a series set in medieval England and relating the adventures of Roger, a chapman (traveling peddler) living in Bristola widower with an infant child cared for by his mother-in-law when hes on the road. (The Eve of St. Hyacinth, 1996, etc.). Rogers latest journey has taken him toward the coast, in bitter cold weather, picking up gossip as he goes: theres much talk of the fanatical, fire-breathing preacher Father Simeon, and, as it transpires, Roger meets up with him as the Friar travels to Cederwell Manor. Hes been sent for by Sir Hugh Cederwells wife Jeanette, a pious woman with her own chapel at the top of a tower on the Manor grounds. Roger, ever on the hunt for customers, arrives with Father Simeon at the Manor, only to discover Lady Cederwell dead at the foot of the tower. The death is labeled an accident by Sir Hugh; his visiting mistress, widow Ursala Lynom; his son Maurice; Jeanettes half-brother Gerard and his wife Adela; along with the Manors extensive staff. Invited to stay at the Manor in the face of heavy snows and impassable roads, Roger is present early the next morning when Gerard is found by his wife drowned in the freezing water of a well left uncovered. Accident? Murder? A third body, the hermit Ulnoths, discovered by Roger, leaves him in no doubt and with strong intimations of the killers identitywith the motive buried deep in the past. Leisurely, literate, and robust: entertaining all the way to its striking conclusion. Best in the series to date. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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It's not just the weather that's bleak in Sedley's well-told tale, her sixth set in the Middle Ages and featuring monk-turned-traveling salesman Roger the Chapman (Death and the Chapman, etc.). Unlike the others in his village, the sharp-witted, independent Roger has no patience for the preacher who has come to town. Simeon the Friar is the worst kind of fanatic: he has an answer for everything and disdains even his fellow Dominicans for being too worldly. Feeling restless again, especially after spending an evening with the preacher at his mother-in-law's insistence, Roger is eager to get back on the open road in spite of the winter chill. But the road isn't open enough, for it seems everywhere he stops people are talking of the holy man. It isn't long before Roger encounters the friar himself on his way to visit Lady Cederwell, a young and devout noblewoman who has urgently summoned him. When she is found dead, having fallen from her private chapel, foul weather and foul play conspire to keep the two men at Cederwell Manor. Roger, with his friendly and open demeanor, keeps his ears open, trying to uncover the mystery of the unhappy woman's death. Could she have been pushed by her much older husband, who is known to be in love with the widow who lives nearby? Simeon finds enough sinfulness and intrigue to fill his sermons for years. The mystery, though it has a tendency to turn gothic, is expertly plotted. But the richest rewards for readers come in the medieval worldAits lonely and isolated landscapes, austere lives and demanding religionAthat Sedley evokes with authority and empathy. (Aug.)
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
Sixth in a series set in medieval England and relating the adventures of Roger, a chapman (traveling peddler) living in Bristola widower with an infant child cared for by his mother-in-law when hes on the road. (The Eve of St. Hyacinth, 1996, etc.). Rogers latest journey has taken him toward the coast, in bitter cold weather, picking up gossip as he goes: theres much talk of the fanatical, fire-breathing preacher Father Simeon, and, as it transpires, Roger meets up with him as the Friar travels to Cederwell Manor. Hes been sent for by Sir Hugh Cederwells wife Jeanette, a pious woman with her own chapel at the top of a tower on the Manor grounds. Roger, ever on the hunt for customers, arrives with Father Simeon at the Manor, only to discover Lady Cederwell dead at the foot of the tower. The death is labeled an accident by Sir Hugh; his visiting mistress, widow Ursala Lynom; his son Maurice; Jeanettes half-brother Gerard and his wife Adela; along with the Manors extensive staff. Invited to stay at the Manor in the face of heavy snows and impassable roads, Roger is present early the next morning when Gerard is found by his wife drowned in the freezing water of a well left uncovered. Accident? Murder? A third body, the hermit Ulnoths, discovered by Roger, leaves him in no doubt and with strong intimations of the killers identitywith the motive buried deep in the past. Leisurely, literate, and robust: entertaining all the way to its striking conclusion. Best in the series to date. -- Copyright ©1999, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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