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Teasers Tuesdays ~ May 6th

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
 
"Well, the contents of the mortuary chests, which now, as you know, rest on top of the screens of pierced stonework erected by Bishop Fox, were desecrated by Cromwell's soldiers, who, with Puritan frenzy and sadly misdirected zeal, flung the bones of Edred, Edmund, Canute, William Rufus, Emma, Ethelwulf and certain other persons including the Saxon bishops Wina, ALywyn and others through the stained glass windows of the Cathedral. The bones were collected and re-housed, but who knows whether correctly?"
 
 
From Gladys Mitchell's Death and the Maiden a Mrs Bradley story first published in 1947, ISBN 9780099546832 
 
 PLEASE LEAVE A COMMENT with either the link to your own Teaser Tuesdays post, or share your ‘teasers’ in a comment here (if you don’t have a blog). Thanks! :D

Comments

  1. Anonymous6 May 2014 at 02:32

    Oh that is quite a sad thought, all those bones mixed up together. This sounds like an intriguing read. My TT http://cleopatralovesbooks.wordpress.com/2014/05/06/teaser-tuesday-may-6/

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  2. Gill Edwards6 May 2014 at 03:51

    i like the sound of that, mystery stories and thrillers are right up my alley.
    Gill x

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  3. Maya Love6 May 2014 at 03:58

    Appalling to know what the Cromwell soldiers did. I hope you're enjoying the book, though. Here's mine
    http://www.lovebitesandsilk.co.uk/2014/05/teasertuesday-opening-paragraph.html

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  4. Faith Hope and Cherrytea6 May 2014 at 07:27

    SOUNDs like a great historical TT READ - enjoy!

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  5. Sandra Nachlinger6 May 2014 at 07:42

    Terrible things have been done in the name of religious zeal.
    My Teaser is from PATTY JANE'S HOUSE OF CURL.

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  6. gautami tripathy6 May 2014 at 08:30

    Interesting teaser! Happy reading!!

    Here is my teaser post!

    AND

    Here is my Intro post!

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  7. Kathy Martin6 May 2014 at 16:30

    What in interesting image! I'm pictures lots of boxes of jumbled bones. My teasers this week are from Caged Warrior by Alan Sitomer and Midnight Crossroad by Charlaine Harris. Happy reading!

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