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The beautiful cover is what attracted me to this book at first. After I'd read 50 pages or so I thought it was a marvelous historical thriller. After 100 pages my opinion dropped a bit, and I would've called it a historical romance. But I did follow the story to the end, which was sad, but not particularly thought-provoking. I've read that the author did a lot of legitimate historical research into the lat 14th century in England, and that shows, but there's not much meat on the bones of the plot. The title character is a truly admirable person, and he's rewarded with the greatest measure of sadness. All in all, fairly depressing, and for little purpose.

This historical fiction has some harsh pictures painted with words to show how truly hard surviving the middle Ages was. I used a whole box of tissues to get through this one...but well worth the read.

A very good, well written story about religious superstition and persecution in the Middle Ages. A good example of how misinformation and withholding of the truth can effect many lives. Also, a good description of women's roles within the early church