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Format:Hardcover
OUT OF THE DAWN OF LIGHT (Hist Mys-Lassair-England-1087) - G
Clare, Alys - Standalone
Severn House, 2009, UK Hardcover - ISBN: 9780727867636
First Sentence: The news of William the Conqueror's death reached us when we were celebrating my sister's wedding.
Lassair, at 13 years' old, is happy to see her very difficult sister, Goda, getting married and leaving the house. At the wedding, Lassair meets a handsome young man, Romain, to whom she is attracted. Some time later, she is approached by her friend Sibert, to help him and Romain find a treasure. Lassair has a talent they need; she is able to find things. However, the treasure is one which should not be found and the result is death to one of the three young people.
This was very different from Clare's Hawkenlye books. The book does include some wonderful history of the time in a very readable manner.
I particularly liked the point it made about the impact on non-nobility of the struggles for power and the throne. Religiously, this was an interesting time as the country was Catholic but the stories and beliefs of the old religion still played a critical role. The paranormal, or magical, aspects were well done and handled in a believable fashion.
I enjoyed the book, but prefer the Hawkenlye series. I felt this really read more as a young adult novel and would, in fact, recommend it as such.
Clare, Alys - Standalone
Severn House, 2009, UK Hardcover - ISBN: 9780727867636
First Sentence: The news of William the Conqueror's death reached us when we were celebrating my sister's wedding.
Lassair, at 13 years' old, is happy to see her very difficult sister, Goda, getting married and leaving the house. At the wedding, Lassair meets a handsome young man, Romain, to whom she is attracted. Some time later, she is approached by her friend Sibert, to help him and Romain find a treasure. Lassair has a talent they need; she is able to find things. However, the treasure is one which should not be found and the result is death to one of the three young people.
This was very different from Clare's Hawkenlye books. The book does include some wonderful history of the time in a very readable manner.
I particularly liked the point it made about the impact on non-nobility of the struggles for power and the throne. Religiously, this was an interesting time as the country was Catholic but the stories and beliefs of the old religion still played a critical role. The paranormal, or magical, aspects were well done and handled in a believable fashion.
I enjoyed the book, but prefer the Hawkenlye series. I felt this really read more as a young adult novel and would, in fact, recommend it as such.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have read several of this author's `Hawkenlye' series of books, and found them enjoyable, light historical mystery novels. This is the first in a new series by the author, set in an intriguing period of English history, 1087 when William the Conqueror has died, and his second surviving son William Rufus has taken the throne. The threat of his other brother Robert taking action against him, and the uncertainty of the Norman succession immediately casts a shadow over an uncertain population. Militarism and rebellion are whispers in the air over England.
Lassair, a young woman who is part of a large family long-established in the Fens is sent to stay with her older sister during Goda's pregnancy. Lassair's not too happy about this, as Goda has a sharp tongue and a good aim, but dutifully goes to live with Goda and her husband Cerdic. At Goda's wedding, she had met a handsome man by the name of Romain. Are their paths about to cross again? And what could it mean for Lassair and her family?
Definitely a good start to what hopefully will be a great series of books; it's nice to read a series set earlier than the usual `medieval' times, and in an historical period of turbulence and cultural and military strife. Highly recommended.
Lassair, a young woman who is part of a large family long-established in the Fens is sent to stay with her older sister during Goda's pregnancy. Lassair's not too happy about this, as Goda has a sharp tongue and a good aim, but dutifully goes to live with Goda and her husband Cerdic. At Goda's wedding, she had met a handsome man by the name of Romain. Are their paths about to cross again? And what could it mean for Lassair and her family?
Definitely a good start to what hopefully will be a great series of books; it's nice to read a series set earlier than the usual `medieval' times, and in an historical period of turbulence and cultural and military strife. Highly recommended.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
England's Fenlands, 11th Century. King William the Conqueror has just died abroad, leaving the country to be ruled by his namesake son, William the Red. After a brief rebellion in support of his elder brother and heir of Normandy, Robert, certain lords find themselves landless and scrambling to recover their fortunes.
In the mystical, miasmic East Anglian Fens, Lassair of Aelf Fen is newly apprenticed to her healer Aunt Edild, and the struggles of noble and monarch are far away and don't really affect her. Or so it seems, until a handsome young nobleman appears at the wedding of her elder sister and singles her out for attention. Ignoring the dark warnings of her wise grandmother, Lassair entertains fantasies of becoming a lady in her handsome swain Romain's arms. Then she is dragged from her lovely life to Icklingham, where her newly-wed sister is even more demanding and useless than usual now that she's pregnant. But Lassair's life is destined for adventure, and it arrives in the form of her friend Sibert and the handsome Romain, who engage her in a secret mission which will take them to the coast, to uncover mystic pagan treasure from Romain's former lands, currently forfeit to the king for the family's part in the late rebellion. Romain believes the treasure will win back his home; Sibert is searching for that same treasure as it's part of his ancestry and therefore precious to him. But none of them can anticipate the power of the thing for which they search, nor the chain of events that will follow if they disturb its sacred resting place...
This book is a brilliant beginning to the Aelf Fen series of mysteries in which Lassair the apprentice healer is our heroine. Just like the others I've read, this grips you from the very beginning with its storytelling, location and characters, including the reliable and resourceful Edild and the enigmatic, mysterious sorcerer Hrype. Four and a half stars - these stories are brilliant.
In the mystical, miasmic East Anglian Fens, Lassair of Aelf Fen is newly apprenticed to her healer Aunt Edild, and the struggles of noble and monarch are far away and don't really affect her. Or so it seems, until a handsome young nobleman appears at the wedding of her elder sister and singles her out for attention. Ignoring the dark warnings of her wise grandmother, Lassair entertains fantasies of becoming a lady in her handsome swain Romain's arms. Then she is dragged from her lovely life to Icklingham, where her newly-wed sister is even more demanding and useless than usual now that she's pregnant. But Lassair's life is destined for adventure, and it arrives in the form of her friend Sibert and the handsome Romain, who engage her in a secret mission which will take them to the coast, to uncover mystic pagan treasure from Romain's former lands, currently forfeit to the king for the family's part in the late rebellion. Romain believes the treasure will win back his home; Sibert is searching for that same treasure as it's part of his ancestry and therefore precious to him. But none of them can anticipate the power of the thing for which they search, nor the chain of events that will follow if they disturb its sacred resting place...
This book is a brilliant beginning to the Aelf Fen series of mysteries in which Lassair the apprentice healer is our heroine. Just like the others I've read, this grips you from the very beginning with its storytelling, location and characters, including the reliable and resourceful Edild and the enigmatic, mysterious sorcerer Hrype. Four and a half stars - these stories are brilliant.
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An unusual story
I have read Alys Clares 'Hawkenlye' mysteries and found them excellent reading. It took me a little while to get into this book but it is written with excellent style and I by the... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mr. Brian A. Bibey
Out of the Dawn Light
This is the first in a new series of books and I was a it unsure, but I did enjoy it
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