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The whole family is under the thumb of Stearne who has imposed so many rules about what the family is allowed and not allowed to do. As she begins to become aware of the chilling threats that her dangerous father poses, she finds no-one will listen, indeed threatening her instead, for having the temerity to tarnish Edmund's reputation.
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That said Maud is an interesting character, she feels realistic and well-rounded for a lady of her time with enough intelligence to realise her limitations.It's very good for what it is, but I've been spoiled by really great surprises in mysteries throughout the years and when I don't get wowed, I get a little curmudgeonly. It’s in Nusstead, Marianne’s home town; her husband wants her to be able to spend time with her dying mother. Blessed is the man who endureth manifold troubles, for whereas he is tried, then shall he receive everlasting reward. Es gibt Tagebücher des Vaters, die heimlich von der Tochter gelesen werden und so immer mehr offenbaren.
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Ein altes englisches Herrenhaus im Moor, ein grausiger Mord, eine geheimnisvolle Familiengeschichte, und das alle spielt zu Beginn des 20.Despite being forbidden from the fens, a source of fear for Edmund, Maud is drawn to fen's natural wildness and beauty, developing a life long passion that has her fighting for its survival. Pyett’s contemporaries came very close to burning her as a Lollard, simply for professing the visions she had. Ich habe es sehr gerne gelesen, fand es auch spannend, aber zwischendurch und immer mehr zum Ende hin gab es für mich auch mal einige Längen, wo meine Gedanken dann vom Buch abschweiften.
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The overarching religion of the time is controlling and powerful, with locals attending the ornate medieval St Guthlaf's church, with its ornate demons and fallen angels. With a foundation of gruesome events and unanswered questions firmly established, Wakenhyrst then takes readers back to the events in question, sixty years earlier. posed at the beginning of the novel is finally answered, with equal measures of satisfaction and heartbreak. Maud is isolated in more than just location; as the oldest of her much younger siblings, she is alone in her daily life, alone in grieving her mother, alone in her understanding of life at Wake’s End and the desire to be out from under her father’s rule.
She must survive a world haunted by witchcraft, the age-old legends of her beloved fen – and the even more nightmarish demons of her father's past. There are elements of witchcraft, superstition and death which run through the book and add an air of unease throughout, but it isn’t really a horror. Lust is, after all, one of the Christian Bibles seven deadly sins – but Edmund’s hypocrisy is ignored by his peers because he is a man.