Overview

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Week II overview and general thoughts. For specific discussions (for example, a thought or question about a particular character or event) please start a new topic under the Week II folder.

[Tiffany]

Week 2 is through Chapter 12, yes?

[Val]

Yes, chapters 7-12.

I see the plot of this one as similar to the 'country house' murder mysteries. We have a closed community with limited contact with the world outside. The murderer 'must' be one of the people in the monastery.
What makes this different is the historical setting, all the details of monastic life (not as aesthetic as it could be), the political situation of the time, all the differences in religious thinking and how acceptable they are to Henry's 'King's Orders'.