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A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... A year unlike any other he has lived. Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very
… More »A year of bones, of grave-dirt, relentless work. Of mummified corpses and chanting priests. A year of rape, suicide, sudden death. Of friendship too. Of desire. Of love... A year unlike any other he has lived. Deep in the heart of Paris, its oldest cemetery is, by 1785, overflowing, tainting the very breath of those who live nearby. Into their midst comes Jean-Baptiste Baratte, a young, provincial engineer charged by the king with demolishing it. At first Baratte sees this as a chance to clear the burden of history, a fitting task for a modern man of reason. But before long, he begins to suspect that the destruction of the cemetery might be a prelude to his own.
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Add a CommentConventional, traditional (not modern) storytelling. Unimaginative characters, no insight here, but an easy read nonetheless.
This left me a little disappointed and continually waiting for the book to pick up the pace. I understand it's a move up to the French Revolution and you can see quite a lot of connections in the characters to the drudgery of the plots. It's a good book but I kept wanting just a little more than what was delivered.
Not quite what I expected, but a fairly interesting book throughout. The blurb on the inside cover seemed to suggest something more was going to happen, though it never quite materialized.
I enjoyed this book, but was left unsatisfied. I wanted more about the politics of the time and more of an insight into the perspectives of the people in pre-Revolutionary Paris, since 'the writing was already on the wall'.
Paris just prior to the revolution, vividly imagined. Definitely worth hanging in past the slow start.