Justice

Начало книги

Mark Twain said, “Never let the truth stand in the way of a good story” and who are we to argue. As usual, we’ve included many details, both contemporary and historical, that we hope will add to your enjoyment of the story, but we’ve also changed or created a few things for the sake of the story. Thanks for coming along on another adventure with Maddock and Bones. We hope you enjoy it!

David and Edward

Jehanne la Pucelle felt the heat of the flames licking her feet. She stood bound to a pole on a wooden platform resting atop four feet of stacked logs. Beneath and around the logs lay a small amount of straw, just enough to kindle the slower burning wood. The Inquisitors claimed that this precaution contained the blaze inside the circling crowd. The real reason was to avoid having the fumes from a larger blaze render the victim unconscious well before death. Heretics deserved prolonged punishment. It was justice.

Читать дальше →