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The Nebuly Coat

by Falkner John Meade

Law » Perspectives on Law » Jurisprudence

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This is a remarkable book by John Meade Falkner which appeared for the first time in 1903. The plot of the novel is centered around Edward Westray, a young architect, who has to travel to a very old church and to restore it. However, there he encounters a terrible killing which was presumable caused by the appeals to the title of Lord Blandamer. The main character gets interested and tries to solve the mystery while he is working hard at the restoration. The author describes the peculiarities of the architecture and music as well as the mystery.The book includes a chronological list composed by the author and introduction with explanation made by Christopher Hawtree.

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...nave, the great length of the transepts opened beforethem on either side. The end of the north transept, on the outside ofwhich once stood the chapter-house and dormitories of the monastery, hasonly three small lancet-windows high up in the wall, but at the southend of the cross-piece there is no wall at all, for the whole space isoccupied by Abbot Vinnicomb's window, with its double transoms andinfinite subdivisions of tracery. Thus is produced a curious contrast, for, while the light in the rest of the church is subdued to sadness bythe smallness of the windows, and while the north transept is the mostsombre part of all the building, the south transept, or Blandamer aisle, is constantly in clear daylight. Moreover, while the nave is of theNorman style, and the transepts and choir of the Early English, thiswindow is of the latest Perpendicular, complicated in its scheme, andmeretricious in the elaboration of its detail. The difference is sogreat as to force itself upon the attention...