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Karen Maitland

    1 januari 1956

    Karen Maitland duikt in de mythe en magie van de Middeleeuwen, waarbij ze inspiratie put uit de rijke geschiedenis voor haar romans. Haar achtergrond in de psycholinguïstiek vormt de basis voor haar boeiende weergaven van complexe menselijke motivaties. Maitland creëert duistere, spannende verhalen die de verontrustende hoeken van het verleden verkennen, van door de pest geteisterde landschappen tot de intensiteit van de Inquisitie. Haar werk vangt de blijvende kracht en het mysterie van de middeleeuwse tijd, en biedt lezers meeslepende historische spanning.

    The Falcons of Fire and Ice
    The Raven's Head
    The Vanishing Witch
    The Owl Killers
    The Plague Charmer
    A Gathering of Ghosts
    • A Gathering of Ghosts

      • 544bladzijden
      • 20 uur lezen

      The new medieval thriller from Queen of the Dark Ages Karen Maitland, set on the wilds of Dartmoor.

      A Gathering of Ghosts
    • The Plague Charmer

      • 576bladzijden
      • 21 uur lezen
      3,9(135)Tarief

      1361. An unlucky thirteen years after the Black Death, plague returns to England. 'Fear and hysteria are portrayed with claustrophobic skill' THE TIMES 'Dark and enthralling... with an unexpected hero' JULIE COHEN From the bestselling author of Company of Liars, Karen Maitland, The Plague Charmer is a darkly compelling novel following a stranger who arrives in an isolated community in the grips of a medieval pandemic. When the sickness reaches the village of Porlock Weir, who stands to lose the most? And who will seize this moment for their own dark ends? The dwarf who talks in riddles? The mother who fears for her children? The wild woman from the sea? Or two lost boys, far away from home? PESTILENCE IS IN THE AIR. BUT SOMETHING DARKER LURKS IN THE DEPTHS. Why readers are gripped by The Plague Charmer 'Its horrors are vividly told but with an underlying sense of human resilience and hope' 'A real page turner' 'The best and worst of human behaviour in troubled times' 'Poignant, shocking and haunting' 'It was so easy to be drawn into this world...'

      The Plague Charmer
    • In the heart of the countryside lies an isolated village, where pagan Owl Masters rule through fear, superstition and murder. When a group of religious women ill-advisedly settles outside the village, they awaken dangerous jealousies. Why do their crops succeed? How do their cattle survive the plague?

      The Owl Killers
    • The Vanishing Witch by Karen Maitland, author of the hugely popular Company of Liars, will thrill fans of The Witchfinder's Sister and His Bloody Project with its chilling recreation of the Peasants' Revolt. 'A gem, crafted in the darkness ... Maitland has produced another gripping tale, from a darker age, which has surprising resonances with the present' Independent on Sunday By the pricking of my thumbs ... Lincoln, 1380. A raven-haired widow is newly arrived in John of Gaunt's city, with her two unnaturally beautiful children in tow. The widow Catlin seems kind, helping wool merchant Robert of Bassingham care for his ill wife. Surely it makes sense for Catlin and her family to move into Robert's home? But when first Robert's wife - and then others - start dying unnatural deaths, the whispers turn to witchcraft. The reign of Richard II brings bloody revolution, but does it also give shelter to the black arts? And which is more deadly for the innocents of Lincoln?

      The Vanishing Witch
    • The Raven's Head

      • 500bladzijden
      • 18 uur lezen
      3,8(893)Tarief

      The Raven's Head by Karen Maitland, author of the bestselling and much-loved Company of Liars, will delight fans of Kate Mosse or Deborah Harkness seeking a new, dark fix. 'A compelling blend of historical grit and supernatural twists' Daily Mail on The Falcons of Fire and Ice Vincent is an apprentice librarian who stumbles upon a secret powerful enough to destroy his master. With the foolish arrogance of youth, he attempts blackmail but the attempt fails and Vincent finds himself on the run and in possession of an intricately carved silver raven's head. Any attempt to sell the head fails ... until Vincent tries to palm it off on the intimidating Lord Sylvain - unbeknown to Vincent, a powerful Alchemist with an all-consuming quest. Once more Vincent's life is in danger because Sylvain and his neighbours, the menacing White Canons, consider him a predestined sacrifice in their shocking experiment. Chilling and with compelling hints of the supernatural, The Raven's Head is a triumph for Karen Maitland, Queen of the Dark Ages.

      The Raven's Head
    • 1564, Lisbon. The Inquisition displays its power and ruthlessly spreads fear. Heretics are tortured and burned. Any who oppose the Church's will realize that silence is preferable to a slow and agonizing death. Isabela, daughter of the Falconer at the Royal Court, is about to be caught in the Church's terrifying schemes.

      The Falcons of Fire and Ice
    • The Gallows Curse

      • 584bladzijden
      • 21 uur lezen
      3,7(248)Tarief

      The thirteenth-century is just begun and King John has fallen out with the Pope, leaving babies to lie unbaptized in their cradles and corpses in unconsecrated ground. Across a fear-ravaged England, the people are dying in sin. In the village of Gastmere, this has shocking consequences for servant girl Elena.

      The Gallows Curse
    • Společnost lhářů

      román o moru

      • 424bladzijden
      • 15 uur lezen
      4,0(33)Tarief

      Karen Maitland v tomto mimořádném románu přináší čtenářům okouzlující adaptaci Chaucerových Canterburských povídek. Geniálním způsobem se v něm mísí dějiny s tajemstvími a záhadami a silným lidským dramatem. Píše se rok 1348. Celou Anglii zachvátil mor. Ve světě, jemuž vládnouvíra a strach, se devět zoufalých lidí, které svedla dohromady náhoda, pokouší uprchnout před smrtí. Ta je jim však nevyhnutelně v patách. Každý z členů této nesourodé společnosti má svůj příběh. Kamelot, potulný prodavač relikvií, který se stane vůdcem skupiny, Cygnus, jednoruký vypravěč, podivná mlčenlivá dívenka Narigorm nebo malíř a jeho těhotná žena všichni mají nějaké tajemství. Každý něco skrývá. Ovšem jeden z nich si nese skutečně temné tajemství, které tyto lháře povede ke zcela nečekanému osudu.

      Společnost lhářů
    • The Year Is 1348 And The First Plague Victim Has Reached English Shores. Panic Erupts Around The Country And A Small Band Of Travellers Comes Together To Outrun The Deadly Disease, Unaware That Something Far More Deadly Is - In Fact - Travelling With Them. The Ill-Assorted Company - A Scarred Trader In Holy Relics, A Conjurer, Two Musicians, A Healer And A Deformed Storyteller - Are All Concealing Secrets And Lies. And At Their Heart Is The Strange, Cold Child - Narigorm - Who Reads The Runes. But As Law And Order Breaks Down Across The Country And The Battle For Survival Becomes Ever More Fierce, Narigorm Mercilessly Compels Each Of Her Fellow Travellers To Reveal The Truth & And Each In Turn Is Driven To A Cruel And Unnatural Death.

      Company of Liars : a novel of the plague