The boy’s eyes darted here and there, taking in the garlands and candles, the painted runners and gilded ribs of the vaults. Crispin watched him push his ginger locks away from his freckled cheeks, as he had done thousands of times before. He glanced at his apprentice, Jack Tucker, a rangy boy and now his match in height, though the lad was only fifteen. Not with the courtiers, as was his birthright, but with the rabble, as was now his curse. Courtiers stood in the front nearest the rood screen, with the rest of the rabble in the rear. The columns rose to impossible heights, casting irregular shadows upon the crowded nave of Westminster Abbey. I was not required to write a positive one and all opinions expressed are my own. I received an electronic version of this title from the publisher for the purposes of writing a review. I will read the next one, which I am interested in mainly because it contains some details about the legal system and its personnel, which I am doing some work on at the moment.
Not too predictable, but not impossible to keep up with either, and plenty of historical detail. He has, I understand been in previous titles, but it was interesting have some events and political atmosphere of the late 1380s presented from the perspective of these characters.Īltogether, it was a satisfying mystery with lots of twists and turns. Some well-known historical figures also made an appearance including Katherine Sywnford and Henry, Earl of Derby, the man who would one day become King Henry IV and the father of Henry V. The exploration of Anglo-Scottish relations in the late fourteenth century provided an interesting backdrop, with some well used details about Scottish history and customs. I think I preferred The Silence of Stones to the earlier ones, probably because there was no sleazy ‘love interest’, and I liked seeing the Jack Tucker, now in his late teens, (Crispin’s teenage companion and assistant) come into his own.
Mostly the inappropriate sex references, which did not add anything, and just were not necessary). I listened the audiobooks of the first two novels in the series recently, and whilst I enjoyed them on some level, there was some silliness and certain details and inconsistencies in the content that did not seem realistic, or did not appeal to me. I confess, the Crispin Guest books are not my favourites. I’m a bit of a sucker for Medieval mysteries, and a huge fan of Cadfael and the Chronicles of Hugh de Singleton series which is set only a decade or two before this series.
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