70 reviews for:

The Bone Chests

Cat Jarman

3.95 AVERAGE

lilyspunner's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging informative slow-paced

horsemanship's review

3.5

informative lighthearted fast-paced

charlielovesbooks's review against another edition

4.5

informative

magibeth's review

4.25

informative inspiring medium-paced

aymeq's review

3.0

informative slow-paced

a_ninja's review against another edition

3.5

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The subject matter is very interesting, but not supported by particularly good prose or structure. Several places where the argument at the beginning of a paragraph did not follow through to the end. 

a4_1938's review against another edition

5.0

informative reflective fast-paced

cobgoblin's review against another edition

4.0

informative medium-paced

claire_michelle18's review against another edition

3.5

informative medium-paced

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An OK read but I felt like there was a real mismatch between how this book was framed and the actual contents. The premise is that the book is going to uncover the archaeological secrets of a set of bone chests kept in Winchester cathedral but it doesn't really do this - instead it's primarily a history of the Wessex kings and their successors as kings of England from the 6th century to just after the conquest. Which is fine, just not what I was expecting. 

emmag1995's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous informative medium-paced