This is a sequel to Library of the Dead. In the second book we see more about how one book of records written by the mysterious monks was passed from one hand to another through the generations.
It was smart of Cooper to link a son of the owner of the book to John Calvin the reformist. Then a plague brought the same son to Nostradamus who wrote the books of predictions. Later another descendant even brought in the young William Shakespeare who was supposed to write a sonnet as a clue to help find hidden letters.
As I read of how the young agent Nancy fell for her partner, Will, even though he was old enough to be her father. Will has been through two marriages and numerous girl friends. Well, Nancy didn't mind and neither did her parents. In contrast to that, my neighbour who is a young fifty year old divorcee was not an acceptable choice as a wife to her boy friend. They have been together more than six years but his mother could not accept her because she has married before. I think of her boy friend who is 48 as a man without back bone. If he loses her, it would have been his own fault. It is futile to fight for equal rights for women because in things like marriage and remarriage, men are often more equal than women.
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