· by Sandra Alvarez. September 4, Plague Land by SD Sykes. The Story. Once again, Lady Fortune has smiled down on me and blessed me with a fantastic book to read. S.D. Sykes takes us to fourteenth century England in the last throes of the Black Death in Plague Land. Oswald de Lacy is back at his family manor after his father and two older brothers died of the pestilence leaving Estimated Reading Time: 6 mins. Set in , British author Sykes’s debut provides everything a reader would want in a historical mystery: a gripping plot, vivid language, living and breathing characters, and an immersive. “It’s no fun reading a medieval mystery if it isn’t steeped in filth, squalor and pestilence. S. D. Sykes gets right to the point in Plague Land, which serves it all up in vivid detail, from the noxious smells to an actual burial pit, heaped with the putrefying bodies of plague victims.” - Marilyn Stasio, The /5().
Plague Land by S.D. Sykes Below are the complete reviews, written by Lovereading members. Evelyn Barrett 'Plague Land' is a murder mystery set in an English manor in the aftermath of the Black Death, feudal society is breaking down and the peasants have realized that there is a new order. Returning to his home as Lord of. Plague Land ebook mid; A Novel · Somershill Manor Mysteries By S. D. Sykes. Read a Sample. Sign up to save your library. With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. S. D. Sykes. Publisher. Pegasus Books. Release. 15 February Share. Subjects Fiction Suspense Thriller. "It's no fun reading a medieval mystery if it isn't steeped in filth, squalor and pestilence. S. D. Sykes gets right to the point in Plague Land, which serves it all up in vivid detail, from the noxious smells to an actual burial pit, heaped with the putrefying bodies of plague victims." - Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review "With political intrigue and the social barriers.
SD Sykes (Sarah) lives in Kent, but grew up in Somerset and then South London. She is a graduate from Manchester University and was inspired to finish her first novel, Plague Land, after attending the novel writing course at literary agents, Curtis Brown. She has also written for radio and has developed screenplays with Arts Council funding. Plague Land is an extraordinary debut novel—confident and clever, bringing the reader so close to the history it evokes. I found everything about Plague Land unputdownable as it immersed me so fully in the midth century, carried along as I was by these excellent characters as well as by S.D. Sykes' wonderful writing. There is a lot going on in this book, all of it fully engaging—S.D. Sykes is to be congratulated. by Sandra Alvarez. September 4, Plague Land by SD Sykes. The Story. Once again, Lady Fortune has smiled down on me and blessed me with a fantastic book to read. S.D. Sykes takes us to fourteenth century England in the last throes of the Black Death in Plague Land. Oswald de Lacy is back at his family manor after his father and two older brothers died of the pestilence leaving his mother and cantankerous sister, Clemence, behind with no one to run the estate.
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