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The Velvet Turnshoe (2013)

by Cassandra Clark(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Cassandra Clark

series

Abbess of Meaux

review 1: I normally enjoy historical fiction, but our dear sister just wasn't real to me. She's described as beautiful, and every man she meets seems to fall for her. She's a nun, but has no problems with a young man telling her he's been abused by priests, she seems to just accept it making no comment at all. She tells us that the young man is homosexual, though we've seen noting to lead us in this direction of thought. There are too many instances when she is left alone with a man, something that I don't believe would have been allowed at that time, and in fact she travels with a man as her escort. These things made the story seem too modern for me since it is set in the 1300's.
review 2: This is the second in one of my favorite new series and is equal to or better th... morean the first. The year is 1383 and a plot is afoot to surpress the story of what really happened to the leaders after the Peasant's Revolt (or Wat Tyler's Rebellion). John of Gaunt, King Richard II's uncle and chancellor, is not depicted in a good light at all here, which is different than in other historical fiction of the period that I have read. Sister Hildegard is sent on a journey to Italy to purchase a reliquary cross, there is murder and mayhem during her journey and when she returns; an excellent read for historical mystery fans! less

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