Menu
Mon panier

En cours de chargement...

Recherche avancée

The Owl Killers

Edition en anglais

  • PENGUIN

  • Paru le : 26/03/2009
'A richly evocative page-turner ... with a disturbing final twist worthy of a master of the spine-tingler, such as Henry James' Daily ExpressEngland,... > Lire la suite
8,99 €
E-book - ePub
Vérifier la compatibilité avec vos supports
'A richly evocative page-turner ... with a disturbing final twist worthy of a master of the spine-tingler, such as Henry James' Daily ExpressEngland, 1321. Deep in the heart of countryside lies an isolated village governed by a sinister regime of Owl Masters - theirs is a pagan world of terror and blackmail, where neighbour denounces neighbour and sin is punishable by murder. This dark status quo is disturbed by the arrival of a house of religious women, who establish a community outside the village.
Why do their crops succeed when village crops fail; their cattle survive despite the plague? But petty jealousy turns deadly when the women give refuge to a young martyr. For she dies a gruesome death after spitting the sacramental host into flames that can't burn it - what magic is this? Or is the martyr now a saint and the host a holy relic?Accusations of witchcraft and heresy run rife while the Owl Masters rain down hellfire and torment on the women, who must look to their faith to save them from the lengthening shadow of Evil ...
a shadow with predatory, terrifying talons. Karen Maitland lives in Lincolnshire and is the author of The White Room, which won an Author's Club Best First Novel Award, and Company of Liars, published to outstanding critical acclaim in 2008.

Fiche technique

  • Date de parution : 26/03/2009
  • Editeur : PENGUIN
  • ISBN : 978-0-14-191896-9
  • EAN : 9780141918969
  • Format : ePub
  • Nb. de pages : 576 pages
  • Caractéristiques du format ePub
    • Pages : 576
    • Protection num. : Contenu protégé

À propos de l'auteur

Biographie de Karen Maitland

Karen Maitland travelled and worked in many parts of the United Kingdom before finally settling in the beautiful medieval city of Lincoln. She is the author of The White Room, Company of Liars, The Owl Killers and The Gallows Curse. The latter three titles are available as Penguin paperbacks.
Karen Maitland - The Owl Killers.
The Owl Killers
8,99 €
Haut de page