Finished reading on: June 08, 2005
The Casket of Sequences
Title of the original version reviewed: «Lo scrigno delle sequenze»
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The book is set in the year 900 and recounts the story of a young man raised by a countess.
Unwittingly, the young man kills his father and, at the countess’s bedside, reads letters that shed light on his life.
The book is thoroughly enjoyable; the harsh medieval milieu is depicted with great skill, complemented by scenes of family life and domestic settings.