A Morbid Taste For Bones Book Report
What is it that makes a novel based upon a mystery so intriguing? Is it the commonly found dark and gloomy aspect that is carried along with the plot, or is it the murderer always lurking in the shadows? G. K. Chesterton, author of Favorite Father Brown Stories, and Ellis Peters, author of A Morbid Taste for Bones, were masters of writing mysteries. Favorite Father Brown Stories was written in the early twentieth century, and it is a composition of short stories. These stories revolve around Father Brown, and they all have some sort of mystery in them, ranging from murders to tracking the most stealthy criminal in Europe. The next book, A Morbid Taste for Bones, takes place in twelfth century wales. It focuses on a group of Brothers from Shrewsbury Abbey, who come to Wales to retrieve the remains of Saint Winifred when a tragic turn of events
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These things, many people call plot twists, and these are often what keep people thinking and on their feet while reading a book or watching a movie. Both the G. K. Chesterton and Ellis Peters, are both masters of precipitous plot twits. In A Morbid Taste for Bones, Peter uses the highly unlikely for the purposes of throwing out the unexpected. Peter uses Brother Columbanus, who while being considered holy at the time, lets his quick temper and ambition get ahead of him, and he kills Rhisiart. Another prime examle of a solid plot twist, is in The Sins of Prince Saradine. This takes place when, Prince Saradine disguises himself as his butler, leading the man who seeks to kill him, to kill his brother, who was also not on friendly terms with the Prince either, and then have himself hung. Then Prince Saradine, still disguised as a butler, becomes a free man once again. So, as has been shown, plot twists can either come in either painful or promising ways, and they are always exciting for the
These things, many people call plot twists, and these are often what keep people thinking and on their feet while reading a book or watching a movie. Both the G. K. Chesterton and Ellis Peters, are both masters of precipitous plot twits. In A Morbid Taste for Bones, Peter uses the highly unlikely for the purposes of throwing out the unexpected. Peter uses Brother Columbanus, who while being considered holy at the time, lets his quick temper and ambition get ahead of him, and he kills Rhisiart. Another prime examle of a solid plot twist, is in The Sins of Prince Saradine. This takes place when, Prince Saradine disguises himself as his butler, leading the man who seeks to kill him, to kill his brother, who was also not on friendly terms with the Prince either, and then have himself hung. Then Prince Saradine, still disguised as a butler, becomes a free man once again. So, as has been shown, plot twists can either come in either painful or promising ways, and they are always exciting for the