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Elixir of Death - Bored to Death This book was very disappointing after "Fear In The Forest" which I enjoyed.
An unlikely plot laboriously told with constant repetition. The hook-nosed hero of the crusades plods fruitlessly around the country, spending more time musing about his numerous mistresses than solving the crimes. He can't get on with his wife and doesn't understand why - a little hint Crowner John. Maybe the fact that you have three mistresses has something to do with it.
The reader is aware of the identity of the... more info
From Across "The Pond" I have to concur with J. Chippinadale regarding the quality of Bernard Knight's writing. As far as the Crowner John Mystery Series, I believe that I have all of the series at present as well as a few others. While I enjoy my academic readings, one must have their murder mystery to enjoy too and these are so well written and historically detailed you just can't wait until the next in the series is released. As a matter of fact, I have gone to purchasing from amazon.uk because publishers for Knight and others... more info
Crowner John Mystery Crowner John or to give him his correct title, Sir John de Wolfe, is one of my all time favourite characters in medieval mysteries and if you read or are going to read this or any other of Bernard Knight's Crowner John Mysteries, you will probably understand why.. Dour and more than a little fierce looking but totally honest and incorruptible and a staunch follower of King Richard the Lionheart. He is the total opposite of his brother-in-law the Sheriff of Exeter, apart from the fact that the both have an... more info
