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(P/B) GREAT REVOLT
Sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan discovers that past crimes can cause new murder in the latest intriguing medieval mystery. June, 1381. The rebel armies are massed outside London, determined to overturn both Crown and Church. The Regent, John of Gaunt, has headed north, leaving his nephew, the boy-king Richard II, unprotected. Brother Athelstan meanwhile has been summoned to the monastery at Blackfriars, tasked with solving the murder of his fellow priest, Brother Alberic, found stabbed to death in his locked chamber. Athelstan would rathe...
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(P/B) THE BOOK OF FIRES
An intriguing medieval mystery featuring sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan. February, 1381. Brother Athelstan has been ordered to track down a ruthless killer known as the Fire Bringer. He appears to be targeting all involved in the recent trial and conviction of the beautiful Lady Isolda Beaumont, burned at the stake for the murder of her husband. But was she really guilty - and what does the Fire Bringer really want? (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) THE HERALD OF HELL
A medieval mystery featuring sleuthing monk Brother Athelstan. May, 1381. The Great Revolt draws ever nearer. The Upright Men openly roam the streets of London, waiting for the violence to begin. Their mysterious envoy, the Herald of Hell, appears at night all over the city, striking terror into the hearts of those who oppose them. But who is he? When his chancery clerk is found hanged in a notorious Southwark brothel, the ruthless Thibault, John of Gaunt's Master of Secrets, summons Brother Athelstan to investigate. Did Amaury Whitfield r...
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(H/B) THE RELUCTANT ASSASSINE
1581. When Ursula Blanchard's 9-year-old son is snatched away while out riding, she must agree to undertake an impossibly difficult and dangerous mission if she is ever to see him again. Can she rely on her half-sister, Queen Elizabeth, for help? (From the publisher)...
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(H/B) A DEADLY BETROTHAL
1579. Ursula is summoned to court to assist in negotiations for Queen Elizabeth's engagement to the Duke of Alencon. The proposed marriage causes unrest throughout the kingdom - but would someone kill to prevent it? Tensions increase when a prominent nobleman is accused of murder. Ursula is convinced the man is innocent - but can she prove it? (From the publisher)...
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(P/B) A PERILOUS ALLIANCE
January, 1576. Widow Ursula Blanchard is in no position to refuse when Sir Francis Walsingham decides she must wed Count Gilbert Renard in order to build a strategic alliance with the French. Soon after the count arrives at her country home to pay court, one of Ursula's household staff is found dead. An accident - or something more sinister? (From the publisher)...
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