Requiem for a Knave, Laura Carlin
Requiem for a Knave, Laura Carlin
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Requiem for a Knave
The new novel by the author of The Wicked Cometh

Author: Laura Carlin

Narrator: Joe Leat

Unabridged: 11 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/06/2020

Synopsis

From the author of The Wicked Cometh comes a dark, page-turning tale of passion and romance in the darkest of places. . .

'Carlin can tell a good story' Observer

After the death of his mother, young Alwin of Whittaker leaves the only home he has ever known to seek answers about his unknown father through a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham. On the journey, Alwin falls in with a band of violent and marauding soldiers and is witness to their terrible crimes. When Alwin later joins up with a group of pilgrims, he must hide his identity...but he is not the only one with secrets to keep. Rosamund, a young woman travelling the same path, has much to conceal too.

The journey to discovering who he really is will lead Alwin into great danger and great passion. These are dark times, and through them, Alwin must shine a light.

Will the revelations to come destroy everything that came before?

(P) 2020 Hodder & Stoughton Ltd

About Laura Carlin

Laura Carlin left school at 16 to work in retail banking and it was only after leaving her job to write full-time that she discovered her passion for storytelling and exploring pockets of history through fiction. She lives in a book-filled house in beautiful rural Derbyshire with her partner (and a very naughty cat). When she's not writing she enjoys walking in the surrounding Peak District. The Wicked Cometh is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Louise on February 05, 2020

Set in Medieval times and tells the story about a young man, Alwin Whittaker who's told by his mother on her deathbed that he has to go to Washingham. His task is to find out who his father is. Alwin has never left home before. We follow Alwin on his journey and the obstacles that get in his way. Pa......more

Goodreads review by Sue on January 12, 2020

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book my second book by this author and she didnt let me down.... the life of a farmer is hard and back in this day when men were men and women were objects of ownership it wasnt that much different...here we meet alwyn and his mo......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on July 28, 2020

"Our future fate was upon us already and the reversion of easy days was far away." This is Laura Carlin's second novel, after the brilliant The Wicked Cometh in 2018 which, despite the rushed ending, was still one of the best books I've read that year. I was very excited when I saw her second novel w......more

Goodreads review by Bernadette on April 29, 2020

My thanks to the Publishers for a copy of this book to read and review prior to publication day. I took part in the blog tour for this one. Sadly, I didn't get time to finish it in time to review it on the blog tour, so my blog post about it was an excerpt post rather than a review. I did promise to......more

Goodreads review by Catherine on January 15, 2021

Another 5* read from me for this authors second book. There are so many layers to this book that made it such a thought provoking enjoyable read for me. It is historical fiction set in the 1300s, a completely different era to her first novel. What impressed me was how she adopted the writing style to......more

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A book of great beauty and lyricism On Magazine

Effortlessly transports the reader to fourteenth-century rural Derbyshire and the plight of young Alwin. With the deft touch of a master storyteller, Laura Carlin recreates the dangerous world Alwin must navigate as they flee the comforts of home for an entirely new life

An authentic, beautiful and page-turning novel that is a joy to read. It will stay with me for some time.

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