9780743267953: The Tainted Relic
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0743267958 ISBN 13: 9780743267953
Verlag: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

The anthology centres around a piece of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ, which falls into the hands of Geoffrey Mappestone in 1100, at the end of the First Crusade. The relic is said to be cursed and, after three inexplicable deaths, it finds its way to England in the hands of a thief. After several decades, the relic appears in Devon, where it becomes part of a story by Bernard Knight, set in the 12th century and involving his protagonist, Crowner John. Next, it appears in a story by Ian Morson, solved by his character, the Oxford academic Falconer, and then it migrates back to Devon to encounter Sir Baldwin (Michael Jecks). Eventually, it arrives in Cambridge, in the middle of a contentious debate about Holy Blood relics that really did rage in the 1350s, where it meets Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael (Susanna Gregory). Finally, it's despatched to London, where it falls into the hands of Elizabethan players and where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

BERNARD KNIGHT, a senior Home Office pathologist, is the author of nine books in the CROWNER JOHN series. MICHAEL JECKS is the author of the TEMPLAR series, which describes life among the Devon peasants under King Edward II. Former police officer SUSANNA GREGORY's novels feature MATTHEW BARTHOLOMEW, a Cambridge physician in the period immediately after the Black Death. Cornwall-based IAN MORSON is the author of the FALCONER series, and PHILIP GOODEN writes Shakespearean murder mysteries.

Aus dem Klappentext

Linked by a common thread, the Tainted Relic, these chronologically written novellas read like a single, epic historical mystery. A must for any medieval mystery fan.

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Verlag
Simon & Schuster Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0743267958
ISBN 13 
9780743267953
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
512
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