Used book – The Novice's Tale, Margaret Frazer, Christian Fournier

England in the 1430s saw the beginning of the reign of the child-king Henry VI, son of Henry V and Catherine of Valois. It was a perilous minority for the country: the kingdom lost its French conquests, Joan of Arc would soon be burned at Rouen, and the Wars of the Roses loomed on the horizon. In these uncertain times, the figure of Dame Frevisse stands out, and the priory of St. Frideswide, which houses her, appears as a refuge of a certain order. In the tradition of Ellis Peters and Paul C. Doherty, Margaret Frazer subtly and skillfully combines a sense of mystery with a historical panorama. She has drawn praise from Anne Perry, who did not hesitate to write: "Authentic... The very essence of a historical novel is that readers succeed in feeling themselves transported to the period. Margaret Frazer has admirably succeeded in this."

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