Company of Liars, and The Gallows Curse - Karen Maitland

Company of Liars:
Midsummer’s Day, in 1348. On this day of ill omen, plague makes its entrance. Within weeks, swathes of England will be darkened by death’s shadow as towns and villages burn to the ringing of church bells.
While panic and suspicion flood the land, a small band of travellers comes togther to outrun the breakdown in law and order. But when one of their number is found hanging from a tree, the chilling discovery confirms that something more sinister than plague is in their midst.
And as the runes warn of treachery, it appears no one is quite what they seem, least of all the child rune reader, who mercilessly compels each of her companions to tell their stories. And face the consequences.
Take a leap of imagination and embark on an unforgettable journey through the ravgaed countryside...
With only a scarred trader in holy relics, a conjuror, two musicians, and a deformed storyteller for company.

The Gallows Curse:
1210 and a black force is sweeping England and King John has fallen out with the Pope, leaving babies to lie un-baptized in their cradles and corpses in unconsecrated ground. Across a fear ravaged England, the people are dying in sin.
In the village of Gastmere, this has shocking consequences for servant girl Elena. Unwittingly drawn into a macabre scheme to absolve dying Lord Gerard of his crimes, death and betrayal haunt her dreams like a curse.
And when Elena is threatened with hanging for a murder she did not commit, it is certain that unnatural conspiracy lies behind these dark deeds.
But where can she turn?
For in every face lies wickedness and in every shadow lurks treachery...


Narrated By: David Thorpe

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