1491: A priest narrates a death and its impact on his remote and poor Somerset village. How and why did the largest landowner, a cultivated friend, die? And what are the intentions of the investigating Dean? Will and should the bridge, main lifeline to the outside world, be rebuilt? Not a conventional whodunnit, although there are mysteries to be unravelled, but an unfolding of the inner lives of two troubled men and a vivid portrait of village life in its austere struggle for survival. Beautifully written.
(Tony Pratt - bwl 99 Winter 2021 ) |
