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| Original Title: | The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play |
| ISBN: | 1599900564 (ISBN13: 9781599900568) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Setting: | Italy Umbria(Italy) |
| Literary Awards: | Agatha Award Nominee for Best Childrens Young Adult (2007), North East Teenage Book Award Nominee (2008) |
Mary Hoffman
Hardcover | Pages: 304 pages Rating: 3.61 | 1181 Users | 146 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play |
| Author | : | Mary Hoffman |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 304 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2007 by Bloomsbury USA Childrens (first published January 1st 2007) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Young Adult. Romance. Fantasy |
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The award-winning author of the Stravaganza series has done it again with this atmospheric adventure set in Renaissance Italy. Sixteen-year-old Silvano da Montacuto has wealth, good looks, and a new hawk-but none of these can save him when his bloody dagger is found near a dead body. For his own protection, he is sent to a Franciscan House, where he poses as a novice, or a young monk. There, he lays eyes on Chiara, a lovely novice at a nearby abbey who is also living in secret. When they fall in love, their secret identities make it impossible to reveal their feelings to one another.Murder seems to have followed Silvano, and soon several other dead bodies turn up. Who is committing the crimes? Will a young man accused of multiple murders be able to clear himself? And what about the girl he adores? Fans of Mary Hoffman's critically acclaimed Stravaganza series won't be disappointed in the romance, colorful web of intrigue, and rich, marvelous setting.
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Ratings: 3.61 From 1181 Users | 146 ReviewsArticle Containing Books The Falconer's Knot: A Story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play
I picked this book on a whim at a library book sale. I actually thought it was written for children, like through middle school age, perhaps (it has a YA sticker on it....but I would consider it written for adults). I loved it! Hoffman is an exceptionally skilled writer, her characters are believable and fun to get to know, her murder mystery remained unsolved (to me) until the big reveal at the end, and her settings and descriptions of life in the middle ages (the book takes place in the earlySuch a good book. I even learned all the names of the masses they had in monasteries during early Christian ages. But that's not the point here. It really was a good book. The story was intruiging and I really do love a good mystery novel. The murders and the musteries that unravelled throughout the story kept me hooked from start to finish. It wasn't overcomplicated, but easy to read and likeable. Really likeable. The characters kept me interested throughout. They were young, curious and
What fun! I randomly picked up this YA mystery set 14th century Italy at the library book sale and it turned out to be a real page-turner.
I'm sorry i just couldn't get into this novel and there was a big reason...The way the book was formatted!!! It drove me bloody bonkers that I found it distracting....You'd get a few paragraphs then that little annoying leaf would show up and you'd be taken off to another character and before you can blink another leaf would appear....It just broke up the story way too much. It would of been better to have super short chapters instead OR just focused on certain characters in that area then
In a small town near Assisi in Umbria, in 1316 CE, sixteen year old nobleman Silvano finds himself holding a dying man, a sheep farmer who's been stabbed by an unknown assailant in the street. The problem? Silvano was courting the sheep farmer's young and pretty wife, Angelica; and the dagger stuck between the man's ribs is Silvano's. Silvano is the prime suspect. Helped by his father, Silvano flees for sanctuary to a Franciscan friary, where he poses as a novice and works in the friary's colour
I loved this book. There were so many conflicts and problems that all we related to each other in some way. It truly is a story of Friars, Flirtation and Foul Play.Theme:There are three main themes of this story. One is men shouldnt control womens lives because Angelica, and Isabella are forced to marry horrible people and are miserable until their husbands are murdered. And even then when their widows they still have no control over their money. Two is dont gamble because then you will get
An interesting story of maturing and coming to understand oneself. The historical setting was fascinating as well.
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