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A Swarming of Bees

Fridgyth the Herb-Wife, Book 1

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A Swarming of Bees

By: Theresa Tomlinson
Narrated by: Danielle Cohen
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"A herb-wife on a mule may go where warriors cannot - she may see what warriors cannot see and hear what warriors cannot hear!”

The Monastery at Whitby is ruled over by the powerful and independent Abbess Hild. But when she needs someone to confide in, she turns to the honest warmth of her friend Fridgyth, the half-pagan herb-wife.

A divisive and life-altering decision taken at the Great Synod is swiftly overshadowed as the monastery is ravaged by a deadly plague. As she tends the sick, Fridgyth starts to suspect that not all the deaths are natural. Despite Hild's stern warnings "not to meddle" she sets out to investigate.

Can Fridgyth's wisdom and intuition unmask the murderer and unravel the dark politics surrounding the deaths and clandestine arrival of two young scholars?

©2012 Theresa Tomlinson (P)2020 Tantor Historical Mystery Warrior
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A “listen before falling asleep” book. Narration was rather annoyingly cloying. Shame, cause there was so much scope for character development especially given the historical period but unfortunately this didn’t happen.

Mediocre

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Narrator was great and story had an interesting historical backdrop
Look forward to more in this series.

Loved the narration and pace of this story.

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Told fro an unusual point of view, and woven around factual material, this was an interesting listen.

Well researched historical tale

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While it is an easy listen I wouldn't recommend. There are too many names and potential too many characters although I did lose track of who was who. The mystery was very basic and was obvious. After the mystery was solved I did wonder what would fill up the rest of the book approx a third and it's just filler. This could have been a short story.

Over Long

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I liked listening to this book not just for the story but for the history of the era it contains..

worth the read or listen

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