Christina Dodd: Candle in the Window

Christina Doddin historiallisessa romaanissa tunnelmoidaan keskiajan maailmassa: Candle in the Window (Avon, 2007; ISBN 9780061040269).



Teos aloittaa kaksiosaisen Medieval-romaanisarjan, mutta toisesta osasta ei ole tietoa. Tämäkin löytyi kirjaston kierrätyskirjahyllystä, jonne joku oli jättänyt pinon Doddin viihderomaaneja. Dodd onnistuu paikoitellen mukavasti historiallisen ajankuvan luomisessa, mutta ihmishahmot, varsinkin kaunottareksi kuvailtu Saura, ovat paperinohuita, vailla eletyn elämän tuntua.

Raven-haired Lady Saura of Roget was the loveliest maiden in all Christendom, unrivalled in face and figure. Yet her fortune and her day-to-day existence were controlled by her unscrupulous stepfather. She lived a life of lonely servitude until she was summoned to the castle of Sir William of Miraval, the magnificent knight sworn to live--or perish--by the sword. But that was before his world exploded in agonizing darkness.

Bound by their need, they came together in a blaze of passion -- Saura, the proud Norman beauty, and William, the golden warrior who laid siege to her heart. Yet blackest danger awaited them just beyond the castle walls, and Saura and her beloved soon found themselves fighting for their lives against a treacherous enemy, even as they surrendered to a love that would consume them in its brilliant flame.