Book description
In a world of Goddess worship, sacred snakes and sacrifice, human jealousy, resentment and betrayal still run wild . . .
Ancient Crete, 1450 BC.When her sister Arge drops to the floor in convulsions and then dies at her wedding, fifteen-year-old Martis, a young poet and bull leaper in training,…
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1 author picked In the Shadow of the Bull as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I love this YA murder mystery in which we visit Ancient Crete.
The premise of having a young girl investigate her sister’s death on the day of her marriage, takes us around the everyday lives of the people, both the women-dominated society and travelling merchants.
The brilliant touch is making the sleuth a trainee bull-jumper, showing that young women, as well as men, carried out this spectacular sport and ritual. I learned a lot and lived the history.
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