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The Prioress' Tale (Sister Frevisse #7)
After Domina Alys was made prioress, St. Frideswide became nothing more than a guest house for her relatives. But when a long-standing family rivalry ends with murder, it is up to Frevisse to rid the nunnery of its unwelcome--and deadly--guests.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
August 1st 1997
by Berkley
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Seventh in the Sister Frevisse medieval mystery series revolving around a group of nuns in a priory near Oxford.
Nominated in 1988 for an Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original".
My Take
Oh, I've just been dying to find out what's happening in St. Frideswide's now that Dame Alys is the prioress. And she is definitely running true to form. The priory is falling apart, prayer is a nuisance, and the Benedictine rules are falling out the window so fast it looks like snow.
She's talking relatives into...more
Nominated in 1988 for an Edgar Award for "Best Paperback Original".
My Take
Oh, I've just been dying to find out what's happening in St. Frideswide's now that Dame Alys is the prioress. And she is definitely running true to form. The priory is falling apart, prayer is a nuisance, and the Benedictine rules are falling out the window so fast it looks like snow.
She's talking relatives into...more
The forward-thinking leadership of Domina Edith has passed away from the medieval Priory of St. Frideswide's, and their new leader--Domina Alys--is an altogether different kettle of fish. Domineering and skilled at tormenting, Domina Alys holds a special dislike of Dame Frevisse, the heroine of Margaret Frazer's masterful series. But then, Domina Alys has always despised any of the nuns with intelligence, gifts, or talents beyond hers and that includes all of them. It is 1439, and Alys has set a...more
Set in 1439, two year's after the ending of the previous book in the series, The Murderer's Tale, the mystery is set back at the priory, St. Frideswide, where Domina Alys has grand ideas but has failed the nuns, the church and the greater community as Prioress. Loved the appearance of Joliffe, the protagonist of the Joliffe the Player series. The plot and interesting characters carry the story until the crimes occur and the mystery evolves in the second half of the book.
Frevisse, as usual, comes...more
Frevisse, as usual, comes...more
Engaging enough to pass the time while on vacation and sick in bed. Enjoyed the writer's style and command of the language. A little disappointed in the pace. Although the set-up was elaborate and descriptive, it almost became a guessing game of who is going to get murdered since it took 2/3 of the book for it to occur. Then the wrap-up followed fast and furious. This is the first of this series that I've read. I won't seek out the others, but if I ran across one in the library of a cruise ship...more
The way this book started had me wondering if I really loved this series the way I thought I did, primarily because there's so little of Dame Frevisse participating actively. The focus is on Alys (now the prioress) and her relatives who are staying at St. Frideswide's -- and the problems both of those things are causing. The side plot of a young woman carried off forcibly and brought to St. F's is pleasant enough and has lots of possibilities; hopefully, both of those characters will reappear la...more
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Somehow I missed this novel when I read the Sister Frevisse mysteries series. It explains, for one thing, why Saint Fridewide's priory is dirt poor and struggling in the later novels. Somehow the author manages to make "bad" Domina Alys a sympathetic figure by the end. At least, I found myself feeling sorry for her. By the way, Margaret Frazer died February 4, 2013 at age 64, so no more books will be coming.
Margaret Frazer writes as tho' she is describing people we know. I get into her stories of the 1200s in a small English priory, and don't want to stop. This time she has a kidnapped heiress, and the kidnapper and his ruffians--who invade the priory,a nasty prioress, theft, murder and assorted other problems. Fun to read.
Most of the nuns are not fond of the new Prioress. Now her family has almost invaded the small Priory and are seriously depleting their winter stores. They have also kidnapped a wealthy young woman whom they want to coerce into marrying one of the family.
This is my second Dame Frevisse book and I enjoyed it even more than the first. I am thrilled that a friend gave me five or six of these Midieval mysteries.
Enjoyed - but not really enough to pursue others in the series.
Another 5 stars for Margaret! I think this was her first solo book and it read somewhat differently.
I read these books some time ago. I enjoyed the mix of historical fiction and mystery.
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Margaret Frazer is a pen name used at first by Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld and Gail Lynn Frazer writing in tandem for a series of historical medieval mysteries featuring Dame Frevisse. After the sixth novel, the works are written by Gail Frazer alone, and the name has subsequently been used exclusively by her. A second series of novels by Ms Frazer set in the same time and place feature the player/...more
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