Help with a Mary Gentle book: A Sundial in a Grave: 1610

[zdashamber]

Alright, so this weekend I started reading a book that I picked up in the supercheap bin at Borders because I thought Mary Stewart's Merlin books were great and I was curious what she was up to lately. And it turns out that Mary Gentle is a totally different person, but you know, historical fantasy romance written by people named Mary... ...right

Comments

[tavella]

Haven't read that book, but Gentle tends to do shit like that a lot. She's a good writer, but an annoying plotter.

[zdashamber]

Well, that's too bad. I had the vague hope that others of her books would avoid falling into legbreaking pits...

[vito_excalibur]

Can't help you with the book, but very much enjoyed the mental image of your weekend. :D I can totally see you doing that.

[zdashamber]

'Struth! At least I got a lot of stuff cleaned.

[windrose]

Pretty much what tavella said. I've only read a couple of her early books. While I enjoyed her prose very much, her plotting made me scratch my head and say "er, whut?" in several places.

[a2macgeek]

Wow, that sounds idiotic. Plus, why on earth would the English King want to do anything that would benefit a French Duke?

[zdashamber]

I think the idea was that if he gave the French Queen access to the future knowledge of Prophetdude, there would be peace between England and France. And I mean what. Because of course she's not just going to /invade/ and /steal/ Prophetdude...!!