Paul Doherty
Paperback | Pages: 502 pages Rating: 4.07 | 304 Users | 15 Reviews
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| Title | : | The Rose Demon |
| Author | : | Paul Doherty |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 502 pages |
| Published | : | January 8th 1998 by Headline (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Fantasy. Medieval. Historical Mystery. Fiction |
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Matthias Fitzosbert is the illegitimate son of the parish priest of the village of Sutton Courteny. Despite the recent spate of murders, each day he braves the dark woods to visit his friend, a mysterious hermit who shows him many strange and beautiful things. Though enthralled, the boy is always puzzled by his lessons with the hermit - never more so than the night the villagers hunt the hermit down, and burn him, believing him to be responsible for the many deaths.THE ROSE DEMON explores Matthias's unique relationship with a spirit he strives to placate but ultimately flees from. His story is played out against the vivid panorama of medieval life: the fall and sack of Constantinople; the turbulent Wars of the Roses; the terror of witchcraft; the battlefields of Spain and finally the lush jungles of the Caribbean where the Rose Demon and Matthias have one final, dramatic confrontation.
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| Original Title: | The Rose Demon: A Terrifying Tale of Medieval England (Paul Doherty Historical Mysteries) |
| ISBN: | 0747254419 (ISBN13: 9780747254416) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.07 From 304 Users | 15 ReviewsCriticism Out Of Books The Rose Demon
After finishing, it's really hard to know what to make of this book. There is just SO much in it. It's like a trip through every major event in history at the time. It's very different from Doherty's more well known novels.The Rose Demon is about a fallen angel, known as the Rosifer, and his association with a human named Matthias. The story weaves in and out of true historical facts that transpired during the 1400s. It is set in four parts, preceded by several prologues. Part One features Matthias as a seven-year-old, unaware that his only real friend an old hermit is in fact possessed by the rose demon.The Rosifer is able to possess most people, depending on their souls strength and will power. Throughout the
One of Mr. Doherty's stand alone novels. This is a beautifully written story well worth the read.
This quickly turned into one of my favourite books, and after reading a few more novels by Paul Doherty, he turned into one of my favourite authors as well. The writing is superb. The characters are well done, likeable, and I could relate well to them, especially the main character. The storyline is interesting, I found that I didn't want to put this book down! I highly recommend it!
Originally published on my blog here in June 1998.It is rare to find a modern novel which takes medieval religious ideas and supernatural fears seriously. The Rose Demon is really a horror story set in a medieval world stalked by the demon-possessed, witches and the spirits of the dead.The myth of the Rose Demon, or Rosifer, is (I think) Doherty's own addition to the complicated medieval system of demonology. Inspired by the knowledge that one day God would become incarnate in the human race,
Originally published on my blog here in June 1998.It is rare to find a modern novel which takes medieval religious ideas and supernatural fears seriously. The Rose Demon is really a horror story set in a medieval world stalked by the demon-possessed, witches and the spirits of the dead.The myth of the Rose Demon, or Rosifer, is (I think) Doherty's own addition to the complicated medieval system of demonology. Inspired by the knowledge that one day God would become incarnate in the human race,
Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.He has been published under several pseudonyms: P.C. Doherty, Celia L. Grace, Paul Harding, Ann Dukthas, Vanessa Alexander, Michael Clynes and Anna Apostolou but now writes only under his own name.Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough (North-Eastern England) in 1946. He had
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