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It is 1540, and Matthew Shardlake, the lawyer renowned as “the sharpest hunchback in the courts of England,” is pressed to help a friend's young niece who is charged with murder. Despite threats of torture and death by the rack, the girl is inexplicably silent. Shardlake is about to lose her case when he is suddenly granted a reprieve—one that will ensnare him in the dangerous schemes of Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII's feared vicar-general.
In exchange for two more weeks to investigate the murder, Shardlake accepts Cromwell's dangerous assignment to find a lost cache of “dark fire,” a legendary weapon of mass destruction. Cromwell, out of favor since Henry's disastrous marriage to Anne of Cleves, is relying on Shardlake to save his position at court, which is rife with treasonous conspiracies.
With its wonderful attention to period detail and its brilliant handling of suspense, Dark Fire is sure to win comparisons with Margaret George's Mary Queen of Scotland and the Isles and captivate readers of Philippa Gregory and David Liss.
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Not as good as DISSOLUTION, but better than many in this genre ..........2007-08-04
Sansom made a strong start out of the gate with DISSOLUTION. So, perhaps I had inflated expectations for the second book. But while it doesn't live up to DISSOLUTION, it is a better historical mystery than many I have read.
The author goes into great detail about the times, which I like. But the main mystery - in this case, there were two - seemed contrived. As he explains at the end of the book, no one knows what prompted Cromwell's sudden removal from office.
Certainly, he had lost credibility with Henry VIII over his position on the Cleves marriage. But why so public and dramatic a removal, no one knows. The "mystery" fills in the blanks, and unfortunately, it's too contrived.
I think the strengths of the book are in the historical setting and the feel the reader gets for the society and politics of the times. If you like Bruce Alexander, you will probably like this book.
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Charming Whodunit.......2007-08-02
This is the second of author Sansom's historical mysteries, both set in Tudor England at the time of the Reformation, and this one equals or surpasses the first, Dissolution. Sansom has created an engaging sleuth, attorney Matthew Shardlake, who has a brilliant intellect in a crippled body. I am delighted to get to know Shardlake, as he is one of the more engaging personalities I have encountered in the many works of historical fiction I have read. In this episode, Shardlake and his new sidekick are commissioned by the redoubtable Thomas Cromwell to recover a stash of the old time weapon of mass destruction "Greek Fire" and its ancient formula which are in the hands of viscious unknown enemies. At the same time, Shardlake is retained by a despairing uncle to defend his niece who has been charged with murder and is incarcerated in Newgate Prison, refusing to speak in her own defense.
The plot unfolds as our indefatigable hero to's and fro's across London in his efforts to uncover the Greek Fire plotters while simultaneously working to discover the identity of the true murderer and exonerate the wrongly accused niece. This is pretty standard stuff. I appreciate, however, that Sansom is careful to wrap up all loose ends, does not drop red herrings that are never woven into the story, and bothers to give the reader closure as to the ultimate fates of all the players. Not all mystery writers are this scrupulous of their readers' concerns.
The best part of this novel, however, is Shardlake himself. The author clearly has much affection for his creation and our hardworking hunchback is a fellow I would like to meet. He is a man of conscience and integrity at a time when most men were scrambling to protect themselves and their interests in the chaos of political and religious upheaval. We are allowed into Shardlake's own private conflicts about faith, morality and the law - - not in a dry, but in a very human, way. I found Shardlake's shy courtship of Lady Honor to be endearing, as his self-consciousness and uncertainty are a welcome relief from the swaggering bravado of too many fictional "heros." I look forward to reading the next installment and spending more time with our mild-mannered detective.
This is not exactly Tolstoy, but is a very entertaining and well-written read. Highly recommended.
Sansom does it again!.......2007-04-26
After the stunning debut of DISSOLUTION, Sansom continues his saga of Tudor politics and intrigue. Wonderful plotting. Meticulously drawn characters. More of the deliciously vivid description that draws you in and keeps you reading.
Matthew Shardlake is, without a doubt, one of the most fascinating fictional characters in ages.
Somewhat contrived and slow off the mark, but . . . .......2006-09-25
This historical mystery places a hunchbacked lawyer, Matthew Shardlake, in the time of King Henry VIII's London as reformist Protestantism contests for religious supremacy with the Roman Catholic Church in the wake of King Henry's break with the papacy over marital matters. Shardlake, formerly a minion of the Earl of Essex, Thomas Cromwell, is engaged in a number of mundane legal matters when he is recruited to help an eighteen year old girl condemned to death for killing her younger cousin, the lad Ralph, heir to the Wentworth clan's fortune, a self-made family keen on moving up the social ladder. With barely time to save the girl he is inducted back into Thomas Cromwell's orbit to help sort out still another mystery: who controls a potentially world shaking state secret, the rediscovered formula and mechanism for the long lost Byzantine 'super weapon,' Greek Fire?
The story is marred by a certain heavy handedness in the use of detail in the descriptions as the author endeavours to recreate the lost world of London of that era in all its gross unpleasantries. He seemingly leaves no stone unturned and no opportunity overlooked to call to our attention the vileness of the era, though it's reasonable to suppose that the narrator would not have been so attuned to such things since it was the world he knew, after all. Matthew Shardlake who tells this tale is also somewhat tiresome, particularly in how he refers to his horse, almost as though it were another character in the story, and in his endless complaints about the back pain he must endure. He is also a bit too naive, it seems to me, in dealing with the London underworld, but this is a not uncommon occurrence among certain protagonists of mysteries these days. There's also a certain artificiality about the plot and how it's constructed which grates and much about the tale that is predictable. Sometimes our intrepid heroes (Shardlake has the benefits of one of Cromwell's personal minions as well) seem to waste an awful lot of time going back and forth to do the same things more than once, making their efforts seem all the more bizarre as an investigation since this obviously puts them in the position of alerting those they are investigating way more than they should.
And yet, after I had pushed my way through the first half, I must admit to having become curious enough about matters to see how Sansom solves the mystery of the missing Greek Fire as well as how our hero clears the name and saves the life of poor Elizabeth Wentworth, locked away in the hideous "Hole" beneath London's most notorious prison, chained and condemned to lie in her own filth for twelve days as Shardlake scurries about day after day in the mean London streets, chasing chimeras, juggling cases and fighting for his life against thugs, hooligans and the rascals of the nobility. Will Cromwell triumph? Will Greek Fire be rediscovered? Will Henry VIII take a new wife? The story actually started to work for me though it was certainly marred earlier on. I ended up reading it through and glad enough to learn about the awful culture and civilization out of which our own eventually arose.
SWM
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Fires In the Dark reveals the highly secretive and misunderstood world of the coppersmith gypsies.
In 1927, when prosperity still reigns in Central Europe, Yenko is born to two Coppersmith Gypsies. His parents, Josef and Anna, are nomads who raise their son during the relative calm of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Soon, though, dangerous times threaten to unsettle their family, as their heritage makes them vulnerable targets for ethnic cleansing. As Germany invades Czechoslovakia and the conflicts of World War II begin to unfold, Yenko and his parents become fugitives, forced on a journey that promises only great uncertainty and offers survival as a remote possibility. In the course of their flight, the burden of an ancient tradition rests entirely on Yenko's shoulders.
In capturing the desperation and perseverance of one family during an extraordinary time in history, Louise Doughty pays powerful homage to an insular and little-known culture.
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"We are becoming more forbidden with each passing day.".......2005-03-15
Set primarily during the turbulent era of the Second World War, FIRES IN THE DARK tells the tale of one innocent family targeted for persecution by the Nazi Germans. Yenko's family of Coppersmith Gypsies have spent generations traveling throughout Central Europe while practicing their trade. Although there has always been a distrust between gypsies and "gadjos", or whites, certainly no one was prepared for what lay ahead for them as gypsies throughout Europe were imprisoned in the horrid conditions of work camps. What follows is an emotional narrative of Yenko and his family during this horrific time.
Throughout the years I have read many accounts, both fiction and non-fiction, of the Holocaust but sadly my exposure to the persecution of gypsies and their specific history during this era was greatly lacking before I read this book. I am now indebted to Louise Doughty for successfully bringing the sorrowing story of Yenko and his family to life and therefore casting light on this under acknowledged population that was oppressed by Hitler and his thugs. Eliminate the unplausible ending and FIRES IN THE DARK would warrant its literary praise.
The best read in a long time.......2005-01-29
This book caught my attention on the first page and it hasn't ended yet. It opened my eyes to yet another view of WWII. It has interesting characters and a wonderful story line. I could see the countryside and feel their pain. I would read this book again.
The Roma Holocaust..........brilliantly told.......2004-06-03
Louise Doughty crafts a fascinating novel that tells the tale of the Roma (European gypsies) that were rounded up by the Germans and placed in concentration camps. The story revolves around Emil, the first born son of the leader of a nomadic family and how he learns to cope with the nightmare that Hitler created. The daily life is beyond tortuous and yet people continue to struggle to survive. As the nightmarish existence whittles away family and friends, Emil responds with a will to survive that is barely imaginable in the face of such horror.
Fires In The Dark is a story of tradition, family and hope. It is also a story of man's inhumanity to man and the depths to which humanity can both sink and rise. Most of all it is a story of the desire to survive above all odds.
Within this story the author reveals the lifestyle of the Roma,and although much is told there is so much more.
This is a fascinating look at a much ignored population and is both inspiring and horrifying.
A Terrific Title & Subject But Needs More Meat On The Fires!.......2004-02-16
The author Louise Doughty knows how to find great subjects and writes well as seen in how she captures the characters, brutal beatings, and secret tears surrounding her novel as it unfolds within its title.
Ms. Doughty's horrible tale of what happen to Gypsies while in Concentration Camps during World War II is a novel in its scope and niceties. Few remember that Gypsies were a big part of the 11 Million who died in Nazi and Other Government's Slave Labor Camps. The story breakdowns many myths and stereotypes of Gypsies divulging gypsies as individuals often the subject of judgments out of ignorance, rumors and lingering legends based on untruths.
The author has hit upon a treasure of information seldom told before and hardly ever proclaim by gypsies because they fear outsiders knowing anything about them in detail. They struggle all their lives by surviving through deception, running and overcoming pigeonhole opinions held by others because they are often the victims of so-called helping bureaucrats, justice, and police.
Gypsy's have habitually had to fetch a living on their own because society rejected them into the mainstream unless they conform to the culture of the season. They believe they have a Divine Right to live by numerous means ever since fixing the gambling over Jesus Christ's garments at the crucifixion and returning them to Mary. None of these myths, legends, and history is within this story.
Therefore, information about gypsies their history and culture was lacking so the author never defines the nexus necessary to show why Gypsies have been targets by many governments, political organizations and end up in Slave Labor Camps.
The book desires to focus on Gypsy History, Culture, and Myths, but does not establish how many governments in Europe target Gypsies as a class of undesirables and often blaming them for social ills they did not create much as America did to the Indians, Irish, and Asians as we moved to "Manifest Destiny".
This alone would have many a terrific novel incorporating the abuse, unfair judgments, brutal beatings, and mark of deaths, which was the goal of the author in telling this story. Several novelist have often written their third book first like this one and I can wait for the others too.
If one reads the "Grapes Of Wrath," you would see an Oklahoma Farm Family turn into roaming Gypsies searching for work and survival after they were bull dozed off their farm by banks with legal authority of the government's sheriffs.
Few recognize that for centuries this is how Gypsies continue to exist on their own terms. Often being force to become outcasts of societies built on protecting only those conforming only to society rules and often leaving behind others of different races, tribes, families, and thinking. In the end, such policies often result in branding then to be criminals. Cher brought it out in her song "Gypsies Tramps and Thieves" but only some ever took the time to research anything beyond listening to the song.
"Fires In the Dark" is a story long overdue for people to read and this book is a start of something big. If the author can now write more on Gypsies so we all can learn more and share in the pain of their portrayals by strangers and betrayals by political leaders who knock against them rather than rescue them.
The hardback is not a page turner, can be bland in some places, and one never understands how this first book really requires an introduction of facts before a tacit understanding of its disclosures can bloom into the full enlightenment of her goal of sharing this story with us.
Furthermore, it fails to tell us how they end up, the remnants of those who did survive and the legacies of those who died under the worse of conditions for only being themselves and few standing up for them until this book was written.
I gave it three stars because I was starving for more information and the author did not provide it. `Fires In The Dark' needs meat on the fires and flashlights of history to blossom into what the author wants to share with us.
(3.5) Caught in the firestorm of World War II.......2004-02-06
This is a tale of the authentic European Gypsies of Romany, nomadic farm workers who are caught up in Hitler's reign of terror, as he purges his homeland. In the Moravian countryside in 1927, an infant is born in a dilapidated barn, a child who will survive the infamous scourge of Hitler's obsession. Beginning with these difficult years, the gypsies are forced to participate in a census that tracks their numbers and their movements, ultimately drawing them into a trap: a mass assignment to an all-gypsy labor camp, their fate sealed.
The novel addresses the decimation of the gypsy population of Eastern Europe, chronicling the gradual movement of fascism across the country and predicting the end of the nomadic families through mandatory registration and specific "rules" that govern the gypsies' mobility. The men do odd jobs for any farmers still willing to hire them as itinerant laborers, moving their families from one place to another, barely able to sustain the illusion of freedom. Eventually, the Germans commandeer the wagons and animals and the gypsy families are restricted to proscribed areas, later transported to special labor camps, thrown into the nightmare they hoped to escape.
The primary family in the novel is subjected to the rigors, starvation and humiliation of the camps and many die in a massive typhus epidemic. Only one escapes, the boy born at the beginning of the story, in 1927. He makes his way to Warsaw, brokering black market goods and passing as a gadje, or white man, with his fair complexion. In relating the struggle for survival and the decimation of the boy's family, the explicit details are depressing, as such a light-heated and joyful people are destroyed by ignorance and evil. Many pages are devoted to the suffering of individual family members, their travails echoed throughout the labor camp, memories that the youth will carry through out his life.
The writing shines during the closing days of the war, when relief is finally in sight. Groups of German soldiers skirmish with the Resistance, while people course through the streets in anticipation of the Allies or the Russians. If the whole book had the energy of the last chapters, it would have made a wonderful read, but the pages are often tedious until the excitement of the ending. For all the human tragedy of those years, Fires in the Dark is an important chapter in a telling history that cannot be forgotten. Luan Gaines/2004.
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The action-packed saga continues...
For too long, the people of the Lyran Commonwealth have only reacted to attacks by their enemies. Now, Archon Melissa Steiner launches an intricate gambit that will secure the safety of her subjects-and secure her own power against those who wish to take it...
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Alpha Flight Annual #2 : The Fire Inside (Marvel Comics)
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Marvel Tales #193 : Starring Spider-Man and Yellowjacket in "Some Say Spidey Will Die By Fire, Some Say By Ice" (Marvel Comics)
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The Mighty Thor #374 : Guest Starring X-Factor in "Fires of the Night" (Marvel Comics)
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Power Pack #57 : Fire (Marvel Comics)
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In another fast-paced and funny frolic, dry cleaner extraordinaire Mandy Dyer takes the mystery out of making a fortune by collecting rare buttonsIn the latest Mandy Dyer mystery, the intrepid drycleaner is reunited with her right-hand man, Mack; Betty-the-bag-lady; and Nat, wonderboy reporter. When one of Mandys favorite customers meets a suspicious end, Mandy decides to hire her own private detective. The gumshoe turns out to be a disreputable guy she stood up in high school who has since been transformed into Mr. Clean. Will the truth come out in the wash? Will this case get all sewn up? Or will everyone button their lips and let Mandy get the starch knocked out of her?
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My first experience.......2005-04-28
This was my first experience with Mandy Dyer and what a great one! I was totally wrapped up in the story about all these buttons and come to find out a big secret!
Now that I have read the rest of the Mandy Dyer's I do have to say I'm a bit disappointed in the Stan Foster character, all through the series there wasn't much development with him and now it seems Ms Johnson wants to get rid of him all together. Hopefully she won't do this with Mandy's next beau.
Mandy Buttons up Another Murder Case!.......2003-06-27
In this 6th book in the Mandy Dyer mysteries series involving a dry-cleaner who helps solve mysteries, Mandy finds herself as the proud new owner of a bunch of old clothes. It seems that a long-time customer has left them to Mandy after her death, and Mandy struggles to determine why this customer left her such a large bunch of ragtag clothing. During her search through the bags of clothes, Mandy discovers that sewn on several garments is a huge collection of buttons, some of which may be valuable. Thinking of the suspicious nature of her deceased customer's death and the potential value of this button collection, Mandy envisions a possible murder plot. Mandy sets out to determine if homicide was the case of death, and who the killer could be. Also included in this mystery is a possible new love interest for Mandy (she finally has broken off her relationship with Stan, the old cop boyfriend from previous novels) that sparks old feelings from the past.
I enjoyed the latest book in this series and was surprised at the killer's identity. The information regarding button collecting was interesting, informative, and added nicely to the mystery. I also was happy to see that Stan was mostly absent in this case, as he was not a supportive character for Mandy's inquisitive nature. This is an excellent book to read even if you have not read previous books in the series.
The first book in this series is "Taken to the Cleaners".
Great series!!.......2002-10-19
I love this series. Dolores Johnson is one of the few authors I will buy in hardback. I like her humor, her characters and the mystery she creates. I rank her with Laurien Berenson,Rhett MacPherson, Susan Cooper Rogers, Edie Clare..... I can't wait for the next book in the series. Thank you, Ms. Johnson, for introducing another love interest for Mandy. (I never did like Stan). Don't pass up this fun series.
Mandy's back.......2002-08-09
I've been waiting a long time for BUTTONS AND FOES, the latest Mandy Dyer drycleaning mystery, and I wasn't disappointed. BUTTONS AND FOES is a fun mystery with a treasure hunt thrown into the mix, and this time Mandy bumps into a potential love interest who promises to add a bit of steam to the series.
Good work, Dolores Johnson! I can't wait for the next Mandy book.
entertaining amusing amateur sleuth novel.......2002-08-08
Mandy Dyer, owner of a Denver dry cleaning company, is surprised to inherit two trash bags filled with clothing no one would want. In her will octogenarian customer Thelma Chadwick left the bags of clothing to Mandy. More of a shock than the bags to Mandy is how Thelma died. The elderly woman fell down the stairs leading to her basement. Considering that Thelma never used the stairs because of her arthritis coupled with the fact that the deceased complained about a prowler leads the successful amateur sleuth to conclude that someone killed her friend.
Mandy notices the odd variety of non-matching designer buttons sewed onto the dresses. Wondering if there is value to the buttons, Mandy makes inquires into button collecting, which turns out to be a very popular hobby with several local clubs. Over the objections of her plant manager Nat Wilcox she also begins investigating Thelma's neighbors and her dearly departed customer's sleazy California relatives.
The latest Mandy Dyer investigative tale is an entertaining amusing amateur sleuth novel. The story line is fun though the audience will need to overcome the hurdle (shared by most sub-genre books) of why Mandy would conduct any inquiries into Thelma's death especially when the dry cleaner's life seems threatened. Still, readers will want to take that leap because BUTTONS & FOES showcases Mandy at her inquisitive best and provides a new romantic entry for the heroine. With this novel and series, Dolores Johnson takes her audience to the cleaners, which fans will welcome the spin.
Harriet Klausner
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Buttons & Foes
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- F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels and Stories 1920-1922: This Side of Paradise / Flappers and Philosophers / The Beautiful and the Damned / Tales of the Jazz Age (Library of America)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
- History: Fiction or Science? (Chronology, No. 1)
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- Hokkaido Popsicle
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- Chronicles: Volume One
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- The Hot Kid: A Novel
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- Tree of Knowledge
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Sovereign: A Matthew Shardlake Mystery (Matthew Shardlake Mysteries)
The Secret Lion (The Spymaster Chronicles, Book 1)
Sovereign (Matthew Shardlake 3)
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