false 2761171 11 In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales—an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama. The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to outrun the certain death that is running inexorably toward them. Each member of this motley company has a story to tell. From Camelot, the relic-seller who will become the group’s leader, to Cygnus, the one-armed storyteller . . . from the strange, silent child called Narigorm to a painter and his pregnant wife, each has a secret. None is what they seem. And one among them conceals the darkest secret of all—propelling these liars to a destiny they never saw coming. 2786880 book 31 1 2008 Company of Liars total:454|5:100|4:190|3:128|2:26|1:10| 454 1706 923 184 3 6 false false Wed Nov 26 07:15:45 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 07:21:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Sun Nov 09 14:09:00 -0800 2008 Sun Oct 05 20:56:47 -0700 2008 Sun Nov 09 14:09:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Feb 03 20:40:01 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 26 05:51:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Nov 06 15:51:04 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 06 15:53:00 -0800 2008 Maitland, Karen – Standalone
Penguin/Michael Joseph, 2008, UK Hardcover – ISBN: 9780718153229

First Sentence: ‘So that’s settled then, we bury her alive in the iron bridle. That’ll keep her tongue still.’ ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Feb 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 15:00:18 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 14:54:53 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 15 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 09:41:08 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 09:44:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 27 12:51:04 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 30 08:19:17 -0700 2009 The Road in that here we have characters who are struggling to endure and move forward with hope, even though it seems like there really shouldn't be any hope left.

Maitland deftly ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 12:40:23 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 13:01:11 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false true Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:13:26 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 13:15:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 1 false false Tue Mar 17 17:52:29 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 17:52:29 -0700 2009 write scary books. If you are like me – for whatever reason, I have read A Distant Mirror yet canno...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Jan 31 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 14:14:21 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 01 14:14:55 -0800 2009
Set in the England in 1348, a year when it rained every day from Midsummer's Day to Christmas, a plague (or three) stalks...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Dec 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 18:00:24 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 18:19:31 -0800 2008
Each character is a mystery, and yet sympathetic in their own way. Despite the large cast of charact...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 07 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 13:30:52 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 13:46:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false true Mon Jun 22 14:03:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 14:06:01 -0700 2009
Set in England, circa the 1400’s, a story of nine wayward misfits who come together by chance attempting ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 10:52:29 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 12:09:21 -0700 2009 An absolutely wonderful historical novel that not only revolves around history, but also around a riveting mystery that is shocking up until the very end. I highly, highly recommend this book.

I wish I could give this book more than five stars, so: *******************************...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Mar 24 15:33:46 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 15:34:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 26 04:15:29 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 06:24:16 -0700 2009 rich and beautifully fleshed out. There are a few passages in this tale that will haunt me and there are a few passages that will play out in my mind for some time I think. Sentiments that mad...more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 12 07:26:49 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 02:34:11 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false true Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 17 13:41:12 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 09:56:54 -0700 2009
I enjoyed that Maitland mixed the fantasy/religion/lore/superstition of the time with the reality of what was happening during the p...more...]]> 4 0 false true Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 01 13:06:48 -0800 2009 Wed Mar 18 14:00:56 -0700 2009
Whan that Aprill with his shoures soote
The droghte of March hath perced to the roote,
And bathed every veyne in swich licour
Of which vertu engendred is the flour;
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