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Company of liars : a novel of the plague

In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales--an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama. The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to outrun the certain death that is running inexorably toward them. Each member of this motley company has a story to tell. From Camelot, the relic-seller who will become the group's leader, to Cygnus, the one-armed storyteller ... from the strange, silent child called Narigorm to a painter and his pregnant wife, each has a secret. None is what they seem. And one among them conceals the darkest secret of all--propelling these liars to a destiny they never saw coming.

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  • "A group of misfits band together to avoid the plague in fourteenth century England, but a strange presence seems to be with them."
  • "In 1348, as the Black Plague holds England in its grip, nine strangers attempt to outrun death. Each member has their own story to tell and each has a secret."
  • "In 1348 England, as the plague ravages the country, nine desperate strangers attempt to outrun the Black Death, revealing their individual stories as they travel away from the devastation, but one among them is hiding a far more sinister secret."
  • "En 1348, la peste qui s'abat sur l'Angleterre entraîne des sacrifices rituels, des rites païens pour tenter de conjurer le sort. Neuf parias cherchent à regagner le Nord et fuir cette peste, emportant avec eux un passé trouble. L'un meurt pendu, un autre noyé, un troisième démembré, ce qui laisse penser qu'un tueur rôde. Premier roman.--[Résumé de l'éditeur]."
  • "Midsummer's Day, 1348. On this day of ill omen, plague makes its entrance. When panic floods the land, a band of travellers comes together to outrun the breakdown in law and order. But when one of their number is found hanging from a tree, the chilling discovery confirms that something more sinsiter than plague is in their midst."
  • "In this extraordinary novel, Karen Maitland delivers a dazzling reinterpretation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales--an ingenious alchemy of history, mystery, and powerful human drama. The year is 1348. The Black Plague grips the country. In a world ruled by faith and fear, nine desperate strangers, brought together by chance, attempt to outrun the certain death that is running inexorably toward them. Each member of this motley company has a story to tell. From Camelot, the relic-seller who will become the group's leader, to Cygnus, the one-armed storyteller ... from the strange, silent child called Narigorm to a painter and his pregnant wife, each has a secret. None is what they seem. And one among them conceals the darkest secret of all--propelling these liars to a destiny they never saw coming."@en
  • "Maitland writes the stories of nine characters trying to escape the Black Death in her novel inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury tales."@en
  • "In 1348, as the Black Plague holds England in it's grip, nine strangers attempt to outrun death. Each member has their own story to tell and each has a secret."@en
  • "In 1348, as the Black Plague holds England in it's grip, nine strangers attempt to outrun death. Each member has their own story to tell and each has a secret."

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  • "Suspense fiction"
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  • "Fiction"
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  • "Historical fiction"
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  • "Company of liars : a novel of the plague"
  • "Călătoria mincinoşilor : un roman despre ciumă"
  • "Comitiva de embusteros"@es
  • "Maskarad lzhet︠s︡ov"
  • "Маскарад лжецов"
  • "Company of liars"@en
  • "Company of liars"
  • "Company of Liars"
  • "Company of Liars"@en
  • "La compagnie des menteurs"
  • "Der Fluch der Gaukler : historischer Roman"
  • "La Compagnie des menteurs"
  • "Comitiva de embusteros : una novela de la peste"
  • "Călătoria mincinoșilor : un roman despre ciumă"
  • "Het gezelschap van leugenaars : historische thriller"
  • "Der Fluch der Gaukler historischer Roman"
  • "Company of Liars : a novel of the plague"

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