Retrieved from: DKLY
031213472x, 1995
Suggested by: the author list
My Ratings: 9 Merit, 8 Interest, 8 Fun
The third book in the Domesday series. In this one, King William's auditors are at the western edge of his kingdom, just barely outside of Wales. The men they are investigating include to wealthy Norman lords and the son of a Saxon thegn who has lost much of his family's holding since the French took over England. Still, he is liked by his neighbors, and no one can understand the horror of finding him burned alive in his house.
So Gervase and Ralph, Canon Hubert and Brother Simon must find out not only who owns certain lands, but who killed one of the claimants. In the process, Gervase is kidnapped and Ralph falls in love with a woman he never would have expected to have found suitable. They are assisted--and annoyed--by a Welsh priest who has a heart of gold, the patriotism of all Welshmen, and a mouth that simply will not ever be quiet. They also make love matches, break marriage contracts and clear up a few minor land-appropriation issues.
A very good book. Well-drawn in character and in scenery.
Monday, January 16, 2006
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