Thursday, May 07, 2015

Thursday extracts. A vivid picture from Kate Mosse.

Foxglove
The sun climbed ever higher in the sky. The churchmen suffered the most in their black worsted habits. Rivulets of sweat were dripping down the Bishop's forehead and Jehan Congost's spongy face had turned an unpleasant blotchy red, the colour of foxgloves.

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Labyrinth
Kate Mosse
2005
Orion Press