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Title: The Buried Circle
Author: Jenni Mills
Narrator: Jenni Mills
Format: Unabridged
Length: 17 hrs and 31 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-21-09
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
In 1938, the archaeologist Alexander Keiller - a millionaire playboy with a passion for ritual magic - plans to reconstruct the 5000-year-old stone circle at Avebury. As war looms, Frannie Robinson and her boyfriend, Davey, are among those who fall under his spell, with fatal results.
Seventy years later, Frannie's granddaughter, India, filming in the area, survives a helicopter crash. Devastated, she decides to move back to Avebury and her grandmother, setting out on a quest to discover the truth about her family. But why is her grandmother so reluctant to talk about Keiller and the war? And exactly whose past is India unearthing?
Members Reviews:
There are things about her family that India would like to know before itâs too late
The Buried Circle is a novel set amongst the stones of the Neolithic stone circle of Avebury in Wiltshire. It is the story of India, a television camera operator who survives a helicopter crash while on a filming assignment, and also the story of her grandmother Frannie who lived in Avebury in the 1930s and who is still there.
Haunted by the âcopter crash, India comes to stay with Frannie, whose grip on reality is tenuous. There are things about her family that India would like to know before itâs too late, but she fears her grandmotherâs state of mind may already be too far gone.
The themes of archaeology and modern Druidic ritual link Indiaâs present timeline with that of Frannieâs past. In that past, famous playboy archaeologist Alexander Keiller is demolishing the village where Frannie and her family live in order to reconstruct the ancient stone circle.
Personal mysteries from both timelines are brought to a head for both India and her grandmother in the present day as both are forced to face the demons of their past.
Having enjoyed Jenni Millsâ first novel Crow Stone on repeat readings, I finally tracked down this, her second novel. Happily, I found this one just as enjoyable, and I certainly learned a bit about the archaeology of Avebury, a place Iâd love to visit.
which is too bad because I believe judicious re-writing (perhaps a different editor) ...
The author is a friend of my daughter, which is why I bought the book. Fascinating premise, but unfulfilled. The modern section complications are too contemporary English to have much relevance here, which is too bad because I believe judicious re-writing (perhaps a different editor) could have handled it.
Most interesting
This was a good story that kept my interest all the way to the end. I enjoyed it very much.
Historical Archaeological Thriller
Avebury is the largest known neolithic site in Europe. It attracts archaeologists and mystics. In the 1930's a wealthy Scottish hedonist, Alexander Keiller, led an effort to excavate and reconstruct the stone circle.
Using this as a basis for her story, Jenni Mills, weaves together the contemporary Avebury with its neo-pagans, druids, archaeologists and wicca and Avebury of the time of Alexander Keiller through World War II.
The story begins with India Robinson, tightly safety webbed into a helicopter door while she films aerial footage for a television show on crop circles. A tragic accident ends the project.
