Dancing With Death
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Through an inclusion of people from all walks of life, Death is depicted as the ultimate equalizer. The Dance of Death. Anonymous, German 16th Century. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown ink, watercolor, gouache, gold paint. Sperling Fund, James A.
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Furst, by exchange, It depicted people in order of the medieval hierarchy, from the high-ranking Pope and emperor to the lowest ranks of society: The figures all held hands with a skeleton, who escorted them beyond earthly life. As these two plates show, the Dance could serve as a momento mori in an age when death could strike at any time. James Clark concludes that in classical times the memento mori maxim was an incitement to "eat, drink and be merry;" yet in the Middle Ages, it became a warning to live a purposeful life.
Memento Mori frontispiece plate Gemmell 14 Yet the interest in the portrayal of death, and the continued reinvention of the Dance of Death in centuries that had long-since forgotten the famines and plagues of the Middle Ages, ultimately demonstrates the universality of man's preoccupation with death and mortality.
The following pages explore how this medieval theme found its way into print and continued to thrive through the ages. Go to the next section: Part of the Library and University Services. Please note that these pages are from our old pre website; the presentation of these pages may now appear outdated and may not always comply with current accessibility guidelines. Dancing with Death The origins and development of the Dance of Death motif and its representation in graphic art: Holbein's Dance of Death. Origins of the Dance of Death.
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Preview — Dancing with Death by Amy Myers. Introducing chef-sleuth Nell Drury in the first of a delightful series of 's traditional country house mysteries. The fashionable Bright Young Things from London have descended on Wychbourne Court, the Kentish stately home of Lord and Lady Ansley, for an extravagant fancy dress ball followed by a midnight Ghost Hunt - and Chef Nell Drury knows she's in for a b Introducing chef-sleuth Nell Drury in the first of a delightful series of 's traditional country house mysteries.
What she doesn't expect to encounter is sudden, violent death. When a body is discovered in the minstrels' gallery during the Ghost Hunt, Nell finds herself caught up in the police investigation which follows. As the darker side of the Roaring Twenties emerges and it becomes increasingly clear that at least one person present that night has a sinister secret to hide, Nell determines to unmask the killer among them.
Could the Wychbourne Ghosts hold the key to the mystery?
Hardcover , pages. Kent County, England , United Kingdom. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Dancing with Death , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Oh, I'm so disappointed. This book looked and seemed so good, but alas I couldn't find myself getting into the story and towards the end did I find myself pretty bored. Now, the book did feel promising in the beginning, but somewhere along the way when Miss Marple Eh I mean Nell started to investigate the case because the lady of the house trusts her to be able to talk to the servants, the family, and guest and find out the truth about the murder.
Yeah, because the chef is the obvious person Oh, I'm so disappointed. Yeah, because the chef is the obvious person to go to when someone has been murdered.
Anyway, the book was OK, in the beginning, thanks to the list of characters, in the beginning, was it not so hard to know who was who. The story seemed interesting and I was curious to see who would get killed. However, the book started to go downhill somewhere along the way as Nell was trying to find out where everyone was during the murder. And, the ghost thing? It was just ridiculous.
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It should perhaps have been seen as a funny thing with the Lord Ansley's sister being quite positive about the house being haunted by a legion of ghosts. By the time the inspector at the end revealed the truth had I already abandoned this book mentally and was just reading to find out who the killer was. Would I read more books in this series? No, Nell was not an interesting person to read about, too dull for my taste and she felt not very substantial, which I felt is the big problem with most of the characters in the book.
They just didn't come to life. I want to thank the publisher for providing me with a free copy through NetGalley for an honest review!
Feb 12, Ivonne Rovira rated it it was amazing Recommended to Ivonne by: I gobbled up all eight books in this series, and the final book in this series, Murder in Abbot's Folly , came five long years ago! Chef — not cook! I loved the sensible Nell, her determination and her inner goodness.
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Myers, please, please reconsider bringing back Peter and Georgia. In the interest of full disclosure, I received this book from NetGalley and Severn House in exchange for an honest review. Feb 15, Damaskcat rated it really liked it. Nell Drury - chef working at Wychbourne Court, a large stately home in Kent - is persuaded to lead a party round the house on a ghost hunt.
The ghost hunt takes place after a party with many guests and to Nell, something of an onlooker, it seems like a recipe for disaster. There is already tension between a group of young people involved and when murder crashes into the middle of the ghost hunt it just seems to confirm Nell's premonitions. Unwillingly Nell finds herself involved in the police inv Nell Drury - chef working at Wychbourne Court, a large stately home in Kent - is persuaded to lead a party round the house on a ghost hunt.
Unwillingly Nell finds herself involved in the police investigation in more ways than one and she is torn between loyalty to her employers and the need to ensure the police arrest the right person. Set in , this is an interesting start to a promising new series featuring Nell Drury.
I did enjoy reading it and thought the author brought the characters vividly to life as well showing how uneasy the relationship had become between servants and masters and how the line between the two was gradually blurring. My one criticism of this book was the rather too frequent food exclamations which Nell kept using - and I don't think she used the same one twice! I found them irritating after a while and cringed every time one was used. Fortunately they weren't so much in evidence during the exciting and very clever denouement in which the murder was revealed. Overall this is a good read if you enjoy historical crime novels and I look forward to the next book in the series.
Apr 17, Susan Angela Wallace rated it really liked it. Dancing with Death by Amy Myers. This was a good read with good characters. Although slow it soon picked up. Aug 07, Susan rated it liked it Shelves: Although Nell Drury has only been chef at Lord Ansley's home for a short time, she's endeared herself to Lady Ansley and to the Lord's eccentric sister, who is obsessed with ghosts.
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When a guest at the ball in their country house is found murdered during a ghost tour, Scotland Yard arrives, but Lady Ansley asks Nell to investigate on her own, as she can win the confidence of the servants, who may know something. While Nell shares some of her ideas with handsome Detective Inspector Melbray, Scotl Although Nell Drury has only been chef at Lord Ansley's home for a short time, she's endeared herself to Lady Ansley and to the Lord's eccentric sister, who is obsessed with ghosts.
While Nell shares some of her ideas with handsome Detective Inspector Melbray, Scotland Yard sets the trap that captures the killer.