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Lädt ... The Woods of Windri (1944)von Violet Needham
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I remember reading Violet Needham's medieval-style adventure stories set in imaginary lands when I was a child, though they were perhaps a little old-fashioned even then. I saw this title had been reprinted and ordered a copy; I can see why I found them appealing, as the children are the heroes and are quite strong. The ones she set in "contemporary" times however are not so good: Ruritanian adventures involving aristos, with some quite nasty racial stereotyping (eg "House of the Paladin"). I've only recently discovered Violet Needham's books - this is my second - and I'm enjoying them very much. This is an exciting, and moral, tale. I found it a bit hard to distinguish all the characters and their relationships to each other at the start but as the action got going it all fell into place. I think this may be my problem rather than the book's, as it seems to be happening to me a lot lately. It must be age creeping on... Zeige 3 von 3 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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Murder and mayhem mingle with mystery and romance in this irrepressible tale of the love of Phillippa of Windri and Sigismund, Count of Monte Lucio, and the enemies who plot to kill him. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945BewertungDurchschnitt:
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The writing is good, if dated, and probably gives good idea of the kinds of feuds and violence that was normal in this era. Children were beaten, traitors were hanged, prisoners tortured. There are no gory details, but the implications are there in what seems, to my mind, rather a callous way. The end of the book is rather disturbing too.
Perhaps three-and-a-half stars would be fairer, as it's certainly a good story which kept me interested right up to the end. ( )