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Follows the adventures of Pagan, squire to Lord Roland, through the years 1188 to 1189, as he accompanies his master, now determined to be a monk, to the French monastery of St. Martin and uncovers a dangerous blackmail plot.

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Another compelling look into Pagan's world after he and Lord Roland enter a monastery. While Lord Roland looks for salvation Pagan discovers a plot to steal alms from the poor and becomes determined to reveal the conspiracy behind it.

It took me only one evening to read this book as I found it impossible to put down. There is just something about seeing the world through Pagan's eyes and mind that I find very appealing. It was so very easy to sympathize with Pagan's anger over the injustices in the abbey and his dissolving relationship with Lord Roland.

Although I know that the last book of this series is actually not told from Pagan's POV, I'm still looking forward to reading the resolution of this series.
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Good - very rich. Funny, the blurbs kept talking about it being hilarious - what was funny? Everyone reacted reasonably. Maybe I'm too immersed in the medieval viewpoint - even Pagan thinks the monks' rules are reasonable, just annoying. I suppose someone who didn't know how they thought then might find them funny - self-imposed random restrictions...Or maybe it's the reaction to the girl? I was too busy worrying about her to find her funny. I don't know. Good story, I want the next one.
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Catherine Jinks was born November 17, 1963 in Brisbane, Queensland. She received a degree in medieval history from the University of Sydney in 1986. After college, she worked as a journalist and editor before becoming a full-time writer. She has written more than 30 books for both children and adults including Pagan's Vows, Eye to Eye, Piggy in show more the Middle, The Reformed Vampire Support Group, and The Abused Werewolf Rescue Group. She is also the author of the Pagan Chronicles and Allie's Ghost Hunters series. She has won numerous awards including the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award three times, the Victorian Premier's Literary Award, the Aurealis Award for Science Fiction, the Australian Ibby Award, and the Davitt Award for Crime Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Canonical title
Pagan's Vows
Original publication date
1995

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Tween, Teen, Young Adult
DDC/MDS
823.3Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1558-1625
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PZ7 .J5754 .PLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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