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Carregando... An Ancient Evil (1994)de P. C. Doherty
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Registre-se no LibraryThing tpara descobrir se gostará deste livro. Ainda não há conversas na Discussão sobre este livro. Durante un peregrinaje, varios personajes deciden compartir historias de terror durante las noches que van a pasar juntos. La llegada del vampiro es la aventura que relata el Caballero, acerca de una serie de enigmáticos asesinatos que tuvieron lugar en Oxford unos años atrás. Los habitantes de Oxford están desconcertadas por una ola extraños asesinatos que está dejando un reguero de cadáveres desangrados y sin signos de violencia. Nadie había visto nunca una coas así en las Islas Británicas, y al terror se une la más absoluta estupefacción hasta que una anciana llegada de los Balcanes empieza a recordar viejas leyendas centroeuropeas. Durante un peregrinaje, varios personajes deciden compartir historias de terror durante las noches que van a pasar juntos. La llegada del vampiro es la aventura que relata el Caballero, acerca de una serie de enigmáticos asesinatos que tuvieron lugar en Oxford unos años atrás. Los habitantes de Oxford están desconcertados por una ola de extraños asesinatos que está dejando un reguero de cadáveres desangrados y sin signos de violencia. Nadie había visto nunca una cosa igual en las Islas Británicas, y al terror se une la más absoluta estupefacción hasta que una anciana llegada de los Balcanes empieza a recordar viejas leyendas centroeuropeas. #72, 2004 A "vampire" story, as told by the knight from the Canterbury Tales. A clever premise, but I found the book itself somewhat dull. I did enjoy the historical aspect of it, and thought it had a good medieval feeling to it, but I found myself skimming through because I wanted to know how it ended, but wasn't all that interested in how it got there. I did learn some things - the author uses a lot of archaic terms that I wasn't sure about, so I kept Googling things to find out the meanings. The ending, though, was pretty cool, and after I'd finished, I felt as thought I did enjoy the book, even though the actual reading of it wasn't all that thrilling. I'm not sure this makes any sense. I can't say I'd recommend it, but I am satisfied to have read it. sem resenhas | adicionar uma resenha
As the travellers gather in the Tabard Inn at the start of a pilgrimage to pray before the blessed bones of St Thomas à Becket in Canterbury, they agree eagerly to mine host Harry's suggestion of amusing themselves on each day of their journey with one tale and each evening with another - but the latter to be of mystery, terror and murder. The Knight begins that evening: his tale opens with the destruction of a sinister cult at its stronghold in the wilds of Oxfordshire by Sir Hugo Mortimer during the reign of William the Conqueror, and then moves to Oxford some two hundred years later where strange crimes and terrible murders are being committed. The authorities seem powerless but Lady Constance, Abbess of the Convent of St Anne's, believes the murders are connected with the legends of the cult and she petitions the King for help. As the murders continue unabated, special commissioner Sir Godfrey Evesden and royal clerk Alexander McBain uncover clues that lead to a macabre world sect, which worships the dark lord. But they can find no solution to a series of increasingly baffling questions and matters are not helped by the growing rift between Sir Godfrey and McBain for the hand and favour of the fair Lady Emily. Não foram encontradas descrições de bibliotecas. |
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