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Rider Haggard, the so-called "father of the lost-race novel" and an expert at writing historical adventure tales as well, decided to go back to the Dark Ages.

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In it, we meet Hugh de Cressi, a merchant's son who is in love with "Red Eve" Clavering, a high-born cousin of his, in the year Eve is in love with him, too, but is being wooed by the traitorous knight Sir Edmund Acour. When Acour realizes that he can't win the affections of his intended in the traditional manner, he slips her a love philtre and weds her while she is doped up.


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It will now take an act of papal intervention to annul this marriage, and before that can happen, Hugh and his squire, the death-faced Gray Dick, get called by King Edward III to perform many acts of service. Thus, they travel around Europe and, like a pair of medieval Forrest Gumps, are witness to some of the key historical events of the 14th century. They are present at the Battle of Crecy, arrive in Venice just in time for the great earthquake of , witness firsthand the ravages of the Black Death, and go to the papal city of Avignon to seek an audience with Pope Clement.

But this isn't just an historical adventure novel. Haggard loved injecting otherworldly fantasy elements into even his most realistic fictions, and in "Red Eve," the plague, and death itself, are personified in a character named Murgh, who we first meet in Cathay and later in Venice, just as the Black Death commences. A quite imposing personage, Murgh delivers some very interesting disquisitions on the nature of death and dying, which could be boiled down to the Blue Oyster Cult mantra "don't fear the reaper.


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Besides the historical tableaux that Haggard leads us through, we are also treated to an archery contest, a jousting match, numerous duels to the death, some tender love scenes and at least two huge battles. Haggard has been accused unfairly, I feel of occasional anti-Semitic references in his works most notably the characterization of Jacob Meyer in "The Spirit of Bambatse" , but in "Red Eve," not only are the Jews of Avignon shown in an heroic light, but Gray Dick delivers some telling commentary on the foolishness of holding all Jews to blame for a crime that was committed over a thousand years ago that brought about "the salvation of mankind.

Those readers seeking a red-blooded historical adventure with a dash of the otherworldly thrown in will not find a book much better than this one. If you love H.

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Rider Haggard the black plague and romance then you are sure to love this novel. View all 4 comments. Aug 21, George rated it really liked it. It opens in February, in England with two lovers since childhood, cousins whose well to do families are feuding, attempt to flee together to avoid her being forced into a marriage with a French noble who is also plotting against the English king. A good basic story which some what drags on. Nov 04, Matt Kelland rated it did not like it Shelves: historical-adventure. I loved Haggard's adventure stories as a kid, and the Quatermain novels still stand up, but this was unreadable.

It reads like a bad translation from Latin, with sentences like "Then wish I death most vile to he who durst upon me his hand impious lay. Jan 23, Robert Rich rated it really liked it. I really liked the title character and wish she had more of a role in the events of the book, but otherwise I really liked this one. Great fight scenes, great mythical elements, great villains.

Very little not to love.

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Great read. Feb 05, CynthyB rated it really liked it. Rider Haggard has got to be one of the best story-tellers of all time! All previous of his books I've read took place in Africa. I am not particularly excited about the black plague, but I loved this historically fictionalized tale of a valiant knight, Sir Hugh de Cressi, his loyal friend, Grey Dick, a death-faced archer, and the woman "Red Eve" whom he H.

I am not particularly excited about the black plague, but I loved this historically fictionalized tale of a valiant knight, Sir Hugh de Cressi, his loyal friend, Grey Dick, a death-faced archer, and the woman "Red Eve" whom he loved. Haggard has refined the art of vividly recreating a past time and place, with its sights, sounds, and flavors. His characters range from the lowest of the low to the truest and noblest--flawed humans, with depth of character. I loved the ever-shifting balance between Hugh's more compassionate character and Dick's revengeful nature.

I admire Haggard's skillful use of his metaphorical character, Murgh, to accent the darkness, fear, and loathing people feel for death, while also hinting that his purposes prove to also serve a form of good that most are blind to. This was the ninth of Haggard's books that I've read, and I've found that Rider Haggard always weaves a suspenseful, riveting adventure using his amazing command of language without the use of vulgarities that keeps me coming back for more. Oct 17, Troy rated it really liked it. Set in the 14th Century at the time of the great Venice quake, the beginning of the Hundred Years War, and the start of the spread of the plague, the fictional characters move from England to France to Italy and back.

Given my limited knowledge of the time the historical personages and battle descriptions seem correct and complete. The picture of the plague is grim. Andrew is engaging and I enjoyed the read. Nice book to read. May 27, Fantasy Literature added it. Samantha Simoneau rated it it was amazing Jul 08, Alex is The Romance Fox rated it really liked it Nov 09, Troy Edwards rated it liked it Nov 02, Michelle O Connell rated it really liked it Mar 01, PhaWneX rated it really liked it Mar 10, Peter Kirsop rated it liked it May 24, Scott Christmas rated it really liked it Jun 07, Manjukt rated it liked it Jun 19, Tahsin Mayeesha rated it liked it Sep 04, Marcella C.

Will We? Why did God choose Moses? Like Moses we each have a destiny if we choose, as Moses eventually did, to embrace it. Their divergent value systems cannot coexist. The story and the Passover celebrations based on it bid us to ask which set of values we choose for ourselves: a life of self-centered greed or a life of caring, concern and service to others. The Egyptians follow and are drowned when the Almighty orders the sea waters to cover them.

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One of the vital questions the drowning of the Egyptians raises is, how should we react to the downfall of our enemy? Moses, Jethro warns, risks burnout unless he develops a plan to share and delegate authority.

We shall look at a number of midrashim that offer contradictory perspectives on what might have occurred at Sinai and ask the more important question: what do these different points of view teach us today? Certainly we do not build idols and bow down to them yet the story of the golden calf truly still speaks to our human condition and poses vital questions to us today. Ten of the spies come back and say the land is unconquerable. What we can learn from this story? God punishes Moses by not allowing him to enter the Promised Land.

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Is this fair? Perhaps not, but the lesson of the story is vital to each one of us. As discussed throughout the book, the Hebrew Bible assumes the existence of God, who wants human beings to establish a just caring and compassionate society. The simple fact is not everyone believes in such a God.