Company of Liars
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Company of Liars is a historical novel by Karen Maitland
, set in the fourteenth century. The setting is a Britain which is being decimated by a pandemic
known as the Plague.
This novel reached a large number of people in Britain due to the first few chapters being given away with The Daily Telegraph
as a mini-paperback, in 2008.
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 story-teller... from the strange, silent child called Narigorm to a painter and his pregnant wife, each has a secret. None are what they seem. And one among them conceals the darkest secret of all- Propelling these liars to a destiny they never saw coming...
Karen Maitland
Karen Maitland is a British author of medieval thriller fiction. Maitland has an honours degree in Human Communication and doctorate in Psycholinguistics. Her works include The White Room published in 1996 by Yorkshire Art Circus, Company of Liars, published in 2008 by Delacorte Press; The Owl...
, set in the fourteenth century. The setting is a Britain which is being decimated by a pandemic
Pandemic
A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic...
known as the Plague.
This novel reached a large number of people in Britain due to the first few chapters being given away with The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph
The Daily Telegraph is a daily morning broadsheet newspaper distributed throughout the United Kingdom and internationally. The newspaper was founded by Arthur B...
as a mini-paperback, in 2008.
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 story-teller... from the strange, silent child called Narigorm to a painter and his pregnant wife, each has a secret. None are what they seem. And one among them conceals the darkest secret of all- Propelling these liars to a destiny they never saw coming...