Can the truth save the college? Will Damia find what she is searching for personally? I kept reading, wanting to know if Damia’s research would lead her the truth. In both stories, there are political realities to be acknowledged and dealt with. In both stories, there is an issue about the land on which the college is built. While my main interest was in the fourteenth century part of the story, I was fascinated by Damia’s search to find out the truth behind the paintings. She and her partner are struggling to find balance, to enable each of their needs to be met. In the present, Damia has some challenges of her own. Aspects of Tobias’s disability cause some people to consider that he is cursed. They have a son, Tobias, who is physically disabled. Simon is married to Gwyneth, a master carpenter.
A series of paintings has been uncovered during recent renovations, and Damia is keen to learn more about the history of this painting: what does it mean, and who does it represent?Īs the story moves between past and present, we learn about the people involved and the issues faced. In 2019, Damia Miller has been employed to manage marketing and publicity for the college. And two things threaten this building: the hint of Lollardy, and rumours that the mason’s son is cursed. But the building is threatened by the Bishop of Salster: the established church seeks to control all such building. In 1385, master mason Simon of Kineton is building a great college. The second timeline is in 2019, when the college is facing financial problems and is under threat. The first timeline commences in 1385, when the college was being built.
This novel is the story of the fictional medieval college of Kineton and Dacre, told in two different timelines. ‘Hidden only until those who are looking come.’
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