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plantbirdwoman's review
3.0
Set in the 16th century, this mystery has the protagonists Joan and Matthew Stock setting out to determine the truth behind a case in which an Eskimo who has been brought to England is accused of a murder. The basis of the accusation turns out to be nothing but blind prejudice. It is pretty well-written, an interesting read.
vesper1931's review
4.0
Twenty years previously Sir Martin Frobisher returns from one of his voyages with a supply of black stone and an Eskimo (now named Adam Nemo) who now is a servant in a manor just outside of Chelmsford where Joan and Matthew Stock live.
One Sunday Adam Nemo discovers the cowering figure of his deaf and dumb friend Nicholas Crookback, with the bodies of his family who have been brutally murdered.
Only the Stocks believe Nicholas innocent and try to discover who and why the Crookback family were killed.
An interesting tale.
One Sunday Adam Nemo discovers the cowering figure of his deaf and dumb friend Nicholas Crookback, with the bodies of his family who have been brutally murdered.
Only the Stocks believe Nicholas innocent and try to discover who and why the Crookback family were killed.
An interesting tale.
carolknitsalot's review
3.0
Violent times
Neighbors eager to condemn and rush to hanging innocents. Murder, theft, witchcraft, Papist politics all indictments once levied believed, victims powerless in face of charges by jealous, scared, angry townspeople.
Neighbors eager to condemn and rush to hanging innocents. Murder, theft, witchcraft, Papist politics all indictments once levied believed, victims powerless in face of charges by jealous, scared, angry townspeople.
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