The Good Men

On the evidence of this book, Craig cannot do empathy as an author. It is obvious 700 years after the period this book is set in that the Inquisitors tormenting heretics were themselves heretics, hypocrites and cruel misguided people, so what was Craig's point in writing this tome, other than justify years of research? She wants to examine a heroine's experience being examined for heresy in medieval France. She does, but it is so detailed that good connective page-turning story and prose suffer. It is like reading an Agatha Christie where the characters are ciphers but the plot is everything that rewards the reader's trust; but the plot here is so-so and sometimes unclear, and the characters are historical characters that you struggle to care deeply about. If you love this sort of thing it is worth a read but it is like reading an short story that was to be about a "good" woman in a "bad" age that got overblown and is about everything, so nothing.

good - as described