Land of Shadows: A Medieval Mystery

Land of Shadows: A Medieval Mystery

A royal birth, a noblemanâ€™s death, a scarlet womanâ€™s murderâ€¦ In March, 1279, Edward I takes a break from hammering the Welsh and bearing down on Englandâ€™s Jews to vacation in Gloucestershire. The royal party breaks the journey at Woodstock Manor. And there one life begins as Queen Eleanor labors to birth a new daughter, and one draws to an end when apoplexy fells Baron Adam Wynethorpe. Hotfoot to the baronâ€™s deathbed comes his elder son, Hugh, a veteran of Edward Iâ€™s Crusades, who canâ€™t shake off the battle horrors heâ€™s witnessed. The baronâ€™s daughter, Prioress Eleanor, has already arrived, bringing along both her sub-infirmarian, Sister Anne, and the monk, Brother Thomas, to tend her father. Awaiting Hugh is his bastard son, Richard, a youth filled with rebellionâ€¦and a secret. The royal manor is packed with troubling guests including a sinister priest, an elderly Jewish mother from nearby Oxford mourning a son hanged for the treason of coin-clipping, contentious and greedy courtiers, and a lusty wife engaged with more than one lover. Quite soon, the wife is found hanged. Eleanor and Sister Anne persuade the High Sheriff of Berkshire that Mistress Hawisâ€™ death was not a suicide. In fact, many at the manor had reason to wish Hawis dead. One suspect isâ€¦Richard. In her twelfth novel, once again, â€œRoyal amplifies and deepens her series characters in the service of a clever plot that elevates her work to the top rank of historical mystery writers.â€ â€“Publishers Weekly Starred Review for Satanâ€™s Lullaby, eleventh in a medieval mystery series recommended by Sharon Kay Penman and compared to Ellis Petersâ€™ Brother Cadfaels

Country	USA
Author	Priscilla Royal
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781464205125
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Poisoned Pen Press
Manufacturer	Poisoned Pen Press
NumberOfPages	219
PublicationDate	2016-02-02
Publisher	Poisoned Pen Press
ReleaseDate	2016-02-02
Studio	Poisoned Pen Press

Land of Shadows: A Medieval Mystery

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