![]() There is a great sense of place as the fens are portrayed in all of their murky mystery without long descriptive passages. Paver's knowledge and enthusiasm for history, research and folklore shines through this wonderful book. ![]() But my personal favourite is the research by the historian father into the life of Saint Guthlaf, who is obviously based on Saint Guthlac of Crowland, one of the more colourful Anglo-Saxon saints. The attitudes of the Edwardians is aptly captured, particularly with regard to the general views about social class and women, the beliefs and religion. There are a lot of positives in this book, one being the original idea and excellent writing. What drives this fear and what he can do about it are the forces of the story. Her father is an historian and is afraid of the power of a Doom painting he finds. As well as that, her father is not a very nice man at all. ![]() ![]() She discovers things that are fixed in folklore, hearsay and superstition and questions the concepts of reality, God and madness. An intelligent, lonely girl does two things she shouldn't - read her father's journal and go out to the fens on her own. The story is set in Edwardian England in the fens of Suffolk. ![]()
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