![]() ![]() He also has another reason for wanting to visit Thurchester – he has been studying King Alfred the Great and has learned that an ancient manuscript detailing the events of Alfred’s reign may be available in Thurchester Library. ![]() He and Austin haven’t seen each other since they parted on bad terms twenty years ago, and Courtine is eager to renew their friendship. This account, known as The Courtine Account, forms the bulk of the book.ĭr Edward Courtine, a historian from Cambridge University, has been invited to spend the week before Christmas with Austin Fickling, an old friend from his student days who is now teaching at a school in the cathedral city of Thurchester. ![]() It begins with a mock ‘Editor’s Foreword’ in which we are told that we are about to read an account which will throw new light on the controversial Thurchester Mystery. Like The Quincunx, this one is set (mostly) in Victorian England. ![]() I wanted to read it because a few years ago I read another Charles Palliser book, The Quincunx, which I really enjoyed. The title of this book may suggest a horror story complete with zombies and vampires, but The Unburied is actually a scholarly murder mystery which reminded me of The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco or An Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears. ![]()
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