As a reader you are taken as close to the plague as you would ever wish to go.” - Bookseller Paying homage to The Decameron and The Canterbury Tales, this is a gripping read.
“Transports readers back to the days of the Black Death. Company of Liars is a richly evocative page-turner which brings to life a lost and terrible period of British history, with a disturbing final twist worthy of a master of the spine-tingler, such as Henry James.” - Daily Express (UK) She neatly catches the spirit of primitive superstition that governed every aspect of 14th century life and then rolls on with it for her own story-telling ends. “ brings to life a medieval England of muddy streets and half-naked children fighting each other for pieces of dog dung to sell to the tanners, as sheep-stealers swing purple-faced from the gallows. Magical, heart-quickening, and raw, Company of Liars is a work of vaulting imagination from a powerful new voice in historical fiction. And one among them conceals the darkest secret of all-propelling these liars to a destiny they never saw coming. from the strange, silent child called Narigorm to a painter and his pregnant wife, each has a secret. From Camelot, the relic-seller who will become the group’s leader, to Cygnus, the one-armed storyteller. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to outrun the certain death that is running inexorably toward them.Įach member of this motley company has a story to tell. 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.
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