The Green Man (Audible Audio Edition) Kate Sedley Robbie MacNab ISIS Audio Books Books
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In the summer of 1482, an English army, under command of Richard, Duke of Gloucester, invades Scotland. They plan to win back the border town of Berwick-on-Tweed and to put King James III's renegade young brother, the Duke of Albany, back on the throne. Roger the Chapman, called upon to be a member of Albany's personal bodyguard, finds himself, by royal decree, a part of the invading forces.
But a series of sinister events, centred round the mythical Green Man, makes Roger question Albany's true motive for requesting his presence. Then, once in Edinburgh, he is required to investigate a murder - and begins to realise that his own life could be in danger.
The Green Man (Audible Audio Edition) Kate Sedley Robbie MacNab ISIS Audio Books Books
Perhaps the reason several reviewers didn't like this novel in Ms. Sedley's marvelous Roger the Chapman series is that it's not like the others. Although all the books are based on history, this may be of all the ones I've read more historical and less about Roger, his life and his family. The Duke of Albany whom we met in an earlier novel, requests Roger's protection on a trip to Scotland where the duke hopes to become King of Scotland. For this reason, we see little of Roger's normal life and much more about this journey and the historical figures who travel with them. There is little mystery to be solved but a great deal of intrigue. Skip this book if you aren't that interested in history but I found it interesting although Roger did seem a little more out-of-touch with reality than usual.Product details
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The Green Man (Audible Audio Edition) Kate Sedley Robbie MacNab ISIS Audio Books Books Reviews
This is the worst book of the whole Roger the Chapman series. Roger has never been the brightest guy in figuring out the mystery but he has always been engaging, at the right place at the right time and his nosy nature and `dreams' always in the end lead him to the culprit.
This adventure was not only the most boring for him but for us too. He seems to have forgotten all his skills and intuition and blindly accepts drinks from people he's suspicious of. Umpteen times he suspects what he's told is the reason for his accompanying the Duke but then dismisses his intuition. The Duke's servants can't converse in English one minute and the next minute they do and he's only slightly puzzled. And the whole murder plot, the part which started to get a little interesting, is reduced to a few pages at the end and a very unsatisfactory conclusion.
What's up with Sedley and her Roger? Both seem to have lost their skills.
I love Kate Sedley's writing style and the Chapman series has been my all-time favorite, but I have to (reluctantly) agree that this one is not up to her (or Roger's) usual high standards.
The descriptions are interesting, but the plot goes nowhere. Roger Chapman is left asking himself the same questions over and over, voicing his suspicions and all the possible alternate scenarios, but never smartens up enough to figure anything out. About 3/4 of the way through the book, a murder livens things up a bit, but it turns out to be little more than a red herring for the outlandish conclusion, which appears thrown together hurriedly.
Sedley put out three more since this one and I will without hesitation try the next one and probably, out of loyalty if nothing else, read any more in the series that she writes. But I have to hope she gets back on track and forgets the royal intriques and has Roger solve some good old fashioned murders!
Kate Sedley brings her beloved character on a dangerous journey north where politics and religion create peril for Roger the Chapman.
nice read
the whole series is great
A little contrived. Other books in series are more suspenseful.
What a disappointment! This has to be the weakest entry in what had been an enjoyable series of mysteries featuring Roger the Chapman. The political situation in the summer of 1482, when the story takes place, is presented at the start of the book by that most hackneyed of literary conventions - a traveling stranger in the pub expositing at great detail in the most boring manner imaginable. I felt like I was back in school, listening to my high school teacher drone on. And on. . . and on . . .
There is no literary tension whatsoever - the reason Roger is made part of the English expedition to Scotland was obvious from the very beginning, even to me, thus making the "big reveal" at the end a total ho-hum. The "mystery" Roger investigates doesn't show up until the last quarter of the book, and then consists of simply a few pages in which he talks to a few characters. The rest of the time is merely a description of Roger passively accompanying the Duke of Albany, and where he sleeps and what he eats. Since Roger is hardly given to deep thoughts, and there is no character development at all (we already know he is a big guy, who is very nosy and likes to eat), the complete lack of action makes for a pretty boring read.
In addition to the huge holes in the plot (i.e., Roger accepting a drink from the same people he already suspected had drugged him), the editing is incredibly sloppy. The statement (on p. 207) that, "The groom, John Tullo, was absent, presumably sleeping in the stables . . ." is followed closely (p. 208) by "James Tullo just snored; he had fallen asleep." And no, John does not have a brother named James.
It seems that these books are being produced much more quickly than the earlier (and much, much better) ones. It seems that quality has been sacrificed to quantity, which is a shame for those of us who enjoy good historical mysteries.
Perhaps the reason several reviewers didn't like this novel in Ms. Sedley's marvelous Roger the Chapman series is that it's not like the others. Although all the books are based on history, this may be of all the ones I've read more historical and less about Roger, his life and his family. The Duke of Albany whom we met in an earlier novel, requests Roger's protection on a trip to Scotland where the duke hopes to become King of Scotland. For this reason, we see little of Roger's normal life and much more about this journey and the historical figures who travel with them. There is little mystery to be solved but a great deal of intrigue. Skip this book if you aren't that interested in history but I found it interesting although Roger did seem a little more out-of-touch with reality than usual.
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