· A dark lady rides back into the life of Dame Frevisse, bearing with her two small boys haunted by the touch of death and scandal. Nine men lie dead on the road behind them, victims of the grim fate which relentlessly pursues them/5(8). · To learn the boy's name is to be drawn into a conspiracy of shame. To hear the boy's tale is to face death. PRAISE FOR THE BOY'S TALE "Frazer's writing is both erudite and vivid, and she has the ability to bring characters to life within a strong, clear story." - The Drood Review of Mystery. Dame Frevisse is summoned home to the death bed of her beloved uncle, Thomas Chaucer. She arrives to find him dead and her aunt on the verge of hysterics. Thomas was comforted in his last hours by Bishop Beaufont, who has risen far in the church and is one of the most powerful men in England/5(99).
Reviewed in the United States on Decem. Verified Purchase. Uncle Chaucer is dead and at the funeral shenanigans ensue. Upon his deathbed, Chaucer commends Frevisse to his cousin the Bishop. When a nasty old man who just challenged God to strike him dead is in fact struck dead, the Bishop commands Frevisse investigate. Margaret Frazer was nominated for an Edgar Award for Best Original Paperback for both The Servant's Tale and The Prioress' Tale. The Sister Frevisse series includes The Novice's Tale, The Servant's Tale, The Outlaw's Tale, The Bishop's Tale, The Boy's Tale, The Murderer's Tale, The Prioress' Tale, The Maiden's Tale, The Reeve's Tale, and The Squire's Tale. Margaret Frazer in The Prioress' Tale creates an interesting slice of medieval of life at the 15th century priory of St. Frideswide. The characters are ones you will want to meet again in other books. Domina Alys is single minded, mean spirited and petty in her vision of an improved priory.
A lady in their mother's household flees with the boys to St Frideswide's and asks Dame Frevisse to offer them a haven. Unable to refuse children, she takes them in and conceals them. But as attempts are made on the boys' lives inside St Frideswide's walls, Dame Frevisse realizes that from the ambitious and the wicked there is no sanctuary. Margaret Frazer visits St. Frideswide's at the time the prioress is near death in her book the Boy's Tale. The Boys are Henry VI half brothers Jasper and Edmund. They fled for their lives and are trying to make it to a safe place in wales. They were over taken and must claim sanctuary at the nunnery. Margaret Frazer's The Sempster's Tale is a work showing the continuing creative power of the author. I have read some earlier works, and this seems to me to be the best yet of those that I have read. For one thing, the historical context gives a ring of reality to the work.
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