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    The Devil’s Diadem

    By Sara Douglass

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    Sara Douglass has won legions of fans around the world for her epic tales of sorcery, forbidden love, and heart-pounding action. Now, with the The Devil’s Diadem, she reveals her biggest adventure yet.

    In a world gone mad, is the Devil’s word the only one you can trust?

    A foolish monk stole the devil’s favourite diadem and the devil wants it back.

    It is mid-twelfth century Europe and Maeb Langtofte joins an aristocratic household to attend Adelie, the wife of the Earl of Pengraic. The earl is a powerful Lord of the Marches, the dark Welsh borderlands.

    Then a plague that has swept Europe overtakes England and as life descends into chaos and civil disorder, Maeb is about to discover that the horrors she survived at Pengraic Castle were but a prelude to the terrifying maelstrom which now envelops her and all of her countryfolk.

    Hell has come to desecrate England, and the only thing that can possibly foil its plans are the wits of one lonely, isolated and terrified woman.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins UK
    Release dateOct 13, 2011
    ISBN9780007396016
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    The Devil’s Diadem
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    Sara Douglass

    Sara Douglass was born in Adelaide but moved to Hobart in later life to write full time. She died in Hobart in September 2011. She was a lecturer in mediaeval history for La Trobe University for many years and was the first author to be published on the Australian Voyager imprint in 1995. She published 19 books of epic and historical fantasy with Voyager. She has won the Norma K Hemming award, the Australian Shadow's Award and was nominated three times for the US-based Reviewer's Choice awards.

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    • 4/5
      Well written story with interesting characters and a surprising ending.
    • 4/5
      This stand-alone novel by Sara Douglass gives a fantasy back-story to the plague. As she often does with her heroes and heroines, Douglass creates an appealing character with some fatal flaws in the character of Maeb--flaws important enough to twist the story and keep it interesting. i did find myself putting the book down about 3/4 of the way through as the plot twists ( even for fantasy) were a little too contrived, but when I picked it back up I didn't mind the epiogue wrap up that placed the characters at the end of their stories. An enjoyable read.