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Brother Athelstan mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
An impossible mystery must be solved, and he is running out of time. Men have been found dead in the scarlet chamber of an Italian manor. They have no marks upon them, they have not ingested poison, there are no secret passageways in to the room. And they all have awful expressions of terror upon their faces. London, 1379. Sir John Cranston is invited to a banquet at the Regent's palace on the Thames. There he is tapped into a wager with Signor Gian...
Author
Series
Brother Athelstan mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A terrible power struggle threatens the very core of Britain ... In 1376, the Black Prince dies of a terrible sickness, closely followed by his father, King Edward III . The crown of England is left in the hands of a mere boy, and the great nobles gather like hungry wolves round the empty throne. Soon the prelates of the church and the powerful Merchant Princes of London are drawn in. One of these, Sir Thomas Springall , is foully murdered within...
Author
Series
Brother Athelstan mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In a city seething with discontent, an ancient grudge is about to be settled. December, 1377. As London prepares for Christmas, a great frost has the city in its icy grip; even the Thames is frozen from bank to bank. The Constable of the Tower of London, Sir Ralph Whitton, is found murdered in a cold bleak chamber. The door is still locked from the inside and guarded by trusted retainers. So how did the assassin get in? Brother Athelstan and Sir John...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The sins of the father shall be visited upon the son. 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 would prefer to be protecting his parishioners at St Erconwald's. Instead, he finds himself investigating a royal murder that took place fifty-four years earlier whilst the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Canelo Digital Publishing Ltd
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Even angels have devils inside of them... Summer, 1381. The Great Revolt has been crushed; the king's peace ruthlessly enforced. Brother Athelstan meanwhile is preparing for a pilgrimage to St Thomas Becket's shrine in Canterbury to give thanks for the wellbeing of his congregation. But preparations are disrupted when Athelstan is summoned to a modest house in Cheapside, scene of a brutal triple murder. One of the victims was the chief clerk of the...
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