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 enlarge | Author: Priscilla Royal
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1324607
Format: Large Print
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 1590580990
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781590580998
ASIN: 1590580990
Publication Date: December 30, 2003
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Condition: **New** copy, faint shelf wear to cover, contents in unmarked EXCELLENT condition; ships USPS with delivery confirmation in US psm
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Wine of Violence December 10, 2007
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Wonderful book. If you like medieval mystery you will like Priscilla Royal. She seems to get better with each book.
 Not a vintage mystery, for cert April 1, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Although Royal's debut novel does not quite deliver, it holds considerable promise for the future.
The circumstances of the murder are intriguing, but the solution is mundane. The ending is flat, but I won't say exactly why, because you don't want spoilers in a review.
The heroine, the young Prioress Eleanor, is interesting and likeable. The way the sleuthing skills are divided between three of the characters is odd, and not altogether satisfactory.
The author uses Modern English, as one would expect, except for the curious use of the word 'cert'. So, when asked if anyone suspected a monk of murder, a character says, "Some did, for cert". It happens a few times, and is quite jarring. Also, the dialogue is often inappropriate for the speaker. A serving girl, talking of a prioress and a brother, says, "Neither seemed comfortable in dealings with the secular world", and so on, totally out of character. More editorial effort is required, and then perhaps Eleanor and company will deliver more satisfying adventures.
 A Superb Book! January 9, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've been reading a number of fine medieval mysteries but this one happens to be one the finest. Ms. Royal's debut, The Wine of Violence is an excellent first. It is winter of the year 1270 in a remote part of East Anglican coast. A new young prioress takes over an abbey frought with superstition, intrigue and murder. A monk's body is found to be mutilated in the garden. Politics, lust and the true goodness of the human spirit are abound in The Wine of Violence. It will bring a tear to the eye. A story that will stay with you. A must read.
Predictable July 28, 2006
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
With the other high reviews, I was expecting an exciting read. However, Wine of Violence was very predictable with few interesting twists in its slow plot. As for protraying a vivid picture of the medieval period, Wine of Violence again failed.
Interesting new writer May 5, 2004
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This is a book from a new writer who has got closer than most to the true atmosphere of life in a medieval religious community. If you enjoy mysteries set in medieval days, give this one a try. The characters are solid and believable. The settings and dialogue are well-researched and accurate.It's difficult, when you write a book about a time several hundred years ago, to portray accurately the feeling of a very different time while realizing that human nature is basically much the same now as it was then. There were greedy people, lazy people, untrustworthy people. We know the type, we see them and their effects every day. What we don't see is a huge section of the population desperately clinging to religion to save them from the fires of hell. The writer straddles this dichotomy very well. Her characters are so well realized that I'm hoping to meet many of them again in future books
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