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Cruel as the Grave
by Sharon Kay Penman
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Fawcett (2001-10-30)
ISBN: 0345441443
EAN: 9780345441447
Dewy Decimal #: 813
Mass Market Paperback: 272 pages
Release Date: 2001-10-30
SKU: mon0000048851
Condition: Very Good
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
April 1193. England’s King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard’s younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal “queen’s man,” Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible– mediate a truce with her rebel son. Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddler’s daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangell’s craven killer to justice?
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Customer Reviews
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Pleasant
Rating  (1)
Date: 2008-01-09
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
"Cruel as the grave" as well as "the queen's man" are not the historical fiction books one might expect from such a writer. Nothing in common with the fabulous mystery of "The name of the rose" (Umberto Ecco). You get what you paid for, an easy and fast reading historical mystery. Too bad.
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Cruel as the Grave required reading for a 9th grader
Rating  (4)
Date: 2007-08-09
My son has finished the book and told me that it was a really great story! He enjoyed the story, did not have to be bugged to keep reading and loved the ending. I was suprised since this was a required book by his school for summer reading so read it!
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Cruel as the Grave
Rating  (5)
Date: 2006-02-26
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
This is another wonderful novel by this author, if you really like historical novels then she is the one to read. All the details and description necessary to visually visit this period of time (medieval England) and become captive of the players as she spins one intrigue after another. Justin is the lead in this and is what every man should be, just, loyal, compassionate as he leads you through the mystery created. Completely enjoyable.
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Medieval fiction that is true to history
Rating (5)
Date: 2005-10-30
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
Penman's books are not the ones to appeal to those who look for the fantasy of the Middle Ages, with knights that rush to rescue fair maidens. Nary a dragon, either. But her historical research is deep and broad and her mysteries are true to the genre. In short, this is a good choice for people who are looking for historical mysteries, but not "historical fiction," or romance.
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The other reviews are unfair
Rating (4)
Date: 2004-04-03
11 out of 11 customers found this reveiw helpful
No this is not the same quality of novel as Penman's brilliant historical fiction. But this is also 200 pages and a mystery. I think the other reviewers are comparing apples and oranges and unfairly judging this book. This is remarkably better than The Queen's Man. I must admit I did not solve that mystery, but neither did the author. The ending of that book was a cheap way out of a knot into which the story had been wound. This book was much more logical. The clues where there and although I had early suspiscions of the ultimate culprit, it kept me intersted to the end. The mystery in this case evolves separately from the intrigue at court - so there are really two simultaneous situations for Justin to juggle. It is NOT 1000 pages of brilliant fiction - but it is a fun, quick-read mystery set in 1193. Take it for what it is and you'll enjoy it.
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