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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Illuminator (edizione 2005)di Brenda Rickman Vantrease
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. En la Inglaterra del siglo XIV la pugna entre los reformistas y los católicos más recalcitrantes está en pleno apogeo. No es de extrañar, pues, que el teólogo John Wycliffe sea considerado un hereje por su empeño en traducir la Biblia al inglés y acercarla así al pueblo llano. Uno de sus enemigos más acérrimos es el intolerante arzobispo de Norwich, Henry Despenser, interesado en mantener la pobreza material y espiritual de la población a su más bajo nivel. El arzobispo, en su afán por recaudar todo el dinero posible para financiar la guerra contra Clemente VIII, el Papa reformista, no duda en engañar a los católicos más devotos, como es el caso de la viuda lady Kathryn. La irrupción del maestro iluminador Finn, afín a las ideas reformistas, supondrá todo un desafío emocional y espiritual para lady Kathryn... Dopo aver letto e amato I pilastri della Terra e il suo seguito, ambientati nello stesso periodo, questo non può che deludere. La storia all'inizio è avvincente e intrigante, ma con il passare delle pagine scade nella banalità e nell'ovvio. L'oscura mietitrice arriva proprio quando te l'aspetti, risolvendo un po' troppo facilmente una situazione in stallo. I personaggi più interessanti sono quelli più trascurati, i protagonisti si risolvono con un bel po' di fumo negli occhi, e si aggiungono anche imprecisioni storiche - finezze, è vero, ma sono pignola... Nel complesso, da dimenticare. This book is tagged as a historical mystery. As historical fiction goes, this was an excellent and well-researched book. The characters were well-developed and you could feel the emotions of their struggles as you read. As a mystery, well, it flopped. They were supposed to be solving the murder of a priest, but most of the time, I think they forgot about him. However, the rest of the story was so fascinating that I really didn't care. I will definitely be checking out the next book to find out what happens. This wasn't a bad novel, but I definitely don't think it qualifies as great. The author includes pretty much every historical fiction cliche in the novel-a widowed noblewoman struggling to maintain her lands, a poor illuminator with a secret (who becomes the lover of the noblewoman, of course!), an evil bishop, a self-serving sheriff, a conniving steward, the noblewoman's two sons (one good, one bad), etc, etc-and, as a result, there is just too much going on in the novel. This left several of the interconnecting story lines feeling flat and poorly fleshed out, as was the development of pretty much all of the main characters. Again, this novel wasn't bad, and I will eventually read the follow-up, The Mercy Seller, but for my money there are much better works of historical fiction out there today. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A glowing first novel that brings us "historical fiction in the grand epic manner, beautifully felt and written"* It is England, in the fourteenth century-a time of plague, political unrest and the earliest stirrings of the Reformation. The printing press had yet to be invented, and books were rare and costly, painstakingly lettered by hand and illuminated with exquisite paintings. Finn is a master illuminator who works not only for the Church but also, in secret, for John Wycliffe of Oxford, who professes the radical idea that the Bible should be translated into English for everyone to read. Finnhas another secret as well, one that leads him into danger when he meets Lady Kathryn of Blackingham Manor, a widow struggling to protect her inheritance from the depredations of Church and Crown alike. Finn's alliance with Lady Kathryn will take us to the heart of what Barbara Tuchman once called "the calamitous fourteenth century." Richly detailed and irresistibly compelling, The Illuminator is a glorious story of love, art, religion, and treachery at an extraordinary turning point in history. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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