The Reliquary Ring

By Cherith Baldry

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0330492071
• ISBN13: 9780330492072
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Customer Reviews

Venetian fantasy

Cherith Baldry has turned from King Arthur and his round table to Venice. At last she has written a book for the adults to follow her successful books for younger readers.The story works on different levels. It vividly describes an alternative society in Venice. It works as a straight forward adventure story building to an exciting climax.It works as a mannered romance in a Jane Austen manner.It works as a description of how societies work.But there is also a hidden sub-text in the story where wry parallels and comments are made with wit and insight about our modern society. Points are gently made about exploitation, inequality, the nature of romantic love and religion without any intrusion of the writer's own opinions. Read it once as a story then reread it again for the subtler points.