Reviewed By: Jennifer Jordan
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Hour of the Wolves
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Stephane Daimlen-Vols
Class/Genre: Mystery Historical
Durban House Publishing Mystery/Historical
This is a well-woven tapestry of suspense based on history's Poison Affair. This scandal implicated a number of prominent people at the court of King Louis XIV and is the compelling thread throughout this novel. The tart, scrupulous and risible letters of Lislelotte, the king's German sister-in-law, relates the main text. She and Monsieur le Duc offer the greatest insights and a dark humor amidst conspiracy, murder, witchcraft and deviant impulses of those lives revolving around the Sun King. The story is a complex, ironic and lush unmasking of this era of French history.
The switch from first person narration to letters to omniscient narration can be disconcerting at first, yet this novel pulls itself together quickly and believably.
A gem.
Jennifer Jordan
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