- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Tor Books; Reprint edition (Aug 1995)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0812522931
- ISBN-13: 978-0812522938
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 9.7 x 2.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 485,372 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A sweeping historical novel--meticulously researched with humor, richness, and detail."--Anne Perry
"Breathtakingly exciting and full of mystery and adventure." --"Los Angeles Times
"Be forewarned--Sharan Newman will change the way you think about the Middle Ages. Her Catherine LeVendeur series brings the twelfth century to life with compassion, intelligence, and wit, in tales rich with detail and unforgettable characters. Newman delivers an outstanding mystery in each and every book. This series is not to be missed!"--Jan Burke
"Breathtakingly exciting and full of mystery and adventure." --"Los Angeles Times
"Be forewarned--Sharan Newman will change the way you think about the Middle Ages. Her Catherine LeVendeur series brings the twelfth century to life with compassion, intelligence, and wit, in tales rich with detail and unforgettable characters. Newman delivers an outstanding mystery in each and every book. This series is not to be missed!"--Jan Burke
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am a big mystery reader and I am very picky. I read and later re-read "Death Comes As Epiphany" and loved it. Ms. Newman brings out the complexities and simplicities of medieval France and inspired me to do some of my own source reading. Believable characters, evocative settings, and a mystery that fooled me. What more could you ask for?
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm not necessarily a fan of mysteries but I am fond of the 12th century. The Catherine LeVedneur books are some of the most interesting and well researched fictional accounts of the Middle Ages that I've ever read. For instance, I have researched a great deal about Abbot Suger's chapel but it was only through these novels that it all "clicked" and I felt like I was there.
5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Our heroine, the Nun (aka Catherine), stumbles into the death of a stone-cutter during the building of the Abbot Suger's cathedral in Medieval France. With the aid of an itinerant, Anglo-Saxon stonecutter/student/?, with whom the Nun surprisingly develops a relationship - I am being sarcastic here - Catherine sets out to solve the mystery - and, oh yeah, to discover the whereabouts and condition of a stolen psalter. Along the way she encounters the usual "colorful" characters. The chief conceit of this novel is the relationship and intellects of Abelard and Heloise. We, the readers, are supposed to believe that the Nun is smart and capable of solving mysteries somehow because the combined intellects of the tragic twosome has rubbed off on her. (Were Abelard and Heloise renowned as sleuths?) The problem is that the Nun is quite unconvincing as a detective. Indeed, most of the novel has her careening from one situation and revelation to another quite as! if she hasn't a clue. And she gets to go lots of extraordinary places quite without trouble - as we know young nuns did in the Middle Ages. In one instance, she finds herself alone in the hut and nearly in the clutches of a randy satanist! Shades of Harlequin romance! This is not a good mystery - nor is it a good read. The author seems intent on packing the odyssey of a young woman, whom she makes into a nun, with "color" without any real attention being paid to character and plot-development. But then again the "color" is not well-researched and we get modern impressions anachronized more than we get a sense of Medieval France. The author would do well to observe the ingredients of a Falconer or a Brother Caedfael, or perhaps, most pertinent of all, Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma. Context is good, but first come plot and characters. A half developed journey through the darkness of the Dark Ages framed by modern sensibilities just won't do. ! (Dr. Quinn in Cluny?) Very much not recommended.
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