by Karen Maitland · Delacorte · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780718153199
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«Company of Liars» is the historical novel by Karen Maitland, published by Delacorte in paperback (576 pages, in English).
Considered a reinterpretation of the Canterbury Tales, it tells how in 1348, as the Black Death ravages England, nine strangers flee together from the chaos. A relic seller, a magician, two musicians, and a girl who reads runes hide their pasts; when one is found hanged, distrust erupts and the girl forces them to confess their secrets.
Subtitled «A Novel of the Plague», the work was originally published in 2008.
For readers of historical fiction and mystery, especially those interested in the Middle Ages and the atmosphere of the plague.
Karen Maitland is a British author of medieval thriller fiction. Maitland has an honours degree in Human Communication and doctorate in Psycholinguistics.
