However if you go in with the view its historical fiction, which is what it feels like for the most part, it seems incongruous. Its sad to see a novel pass up a chance to flesh-out their female characters and instead confine them to voiceless side-characters and stereotypical female villains.

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Maitland does cover all these topics and more but it is again merely in passing than with any depth.I really enjoyed Company of Liars another brilliant choice by Goodreads Ireland, I have picked this book so many times in the library but put in back down.

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The facts are so obvious that even a person not well versed in the history of those times will be able to tell you all about them. I had read several reviews on Goodreads complaining about the ending before I even picked up the book, so all through the last chapter I kept thinking Whew!There are clues throughout as to what is going to happen, not just what will happen next, but what will unfold throughout the rest of the story. I don't think I would have liked the book as much if it had had a happy ending which is what it looked like it was going to do. The character of Rodrigo is the character who most suffers from Maitland inserting her thinly veiled views on homosexuality and the Christian Church into the text. If you are like me – for whatever reason, I have read A Distant Mirror yet cannot sit through even the most banal mystery book without crapping my pants – then this is not for you. in " The BookBrowse Review" - BookBrowse's membership magazine, and in our weekly " Publishing This Week" newsletter.

Liars and Thieves (A Company of Liars short story) Liars and Thieves (A Company of Liars short story)

Someone decided to market this book as a "reinterpretation of Canterbury Tales", but as others have remarked, I don't see the similarity beyond the basic concept (pilgrims in 14th century England). I mean, the majority of my parents' generation are (sadly) pretty sexist and homophobic, but they're not all mustache-twirling, throat-slashing movie villains! Had it not had a prologue which set the mood but had not direct relationship to the story and had it not included portents, which I despise, I would have given it an “Excellent” rating. Company of Liars is set in 1348 with the plague spreading throughout England, causing chaos and fear.If not, then why does she so ardently refuse to submit evidence obtained by her biographer and new friend, Larry Evans, that she knows might spare her the executioner’s needle? From Camelot, the relic-seller who will become the group’s leader, to Cygnus, the one-armed storyteller . In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama. You are processing facts and trying to guess the outcome—only this time, the outcome is how the story began, and how each new fact will change what you thought you already knew. Through her wonderfully drawn characters Maitland explores the power of lies and how we use them to construct our reality.