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Saintly Murders (Kathryn Swinbrooke 5)

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755395654
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book Saintly Murders (Kathryn Swinbrooke 5) written by Paul Doherty and published by Headline. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late summer of 1472, medieval physician and apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke is summoned to investigate yet another puzzling situation in Canterbury. She is appointed by the Archbishop as Advocatus Diaboli - the Devil's Advocate - to argue against the beatification of Roger Atworth, a friar in the Order of the Sack and confessor of King Edward's mother. Atworth has died under mysterious circumstances, and there are rumours afloat of miraculous happenings surrounding his body. When Kathryn begins asking questions at the friary about Atworth's death, she discovers that the logical explanation is murder, not a miracle. But Kathryn suspects a link between his death and that of an English spy outside the friary. With the murderer still on the loose, what began as a search for the town's ills becomes Kathryn's pursuit of a killer...

Saintly Murders

Author : C. L. Grace
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312269937
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (699 download)

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Download or read book Saintly Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-08-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late summer of 1472, medieval physician and apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke is summoned to investigate yet another puzzling situation in Canterbury. She is appointed by the Archbishop as Advocatus Diaboli-the Devil's Advocate-to argue against the beatification of Roger Atworth, a friar in the Order of the Sack and the confessor of Dame Cecily of York, King Edward's mother. Atworth has died under mysterious circumstances, and there are rumors afloat of miraculous happenings surrounding his body. At the same time, an infestation of rats has begun to afflict Canterbury. Never in the history of the city has such an invasion occurred, and the topic is one everyone's lips. Meanwhile, when Kathryn begins asking questions at the friary about Atworth's death, she discovers that the logical explanation is murder, not a miracle. His involvement with Cecily may have brought about his demise, and Kathryn suspects a link between his death and that of an English spy outside the friary. With the murderer still on the loose, what began as a search for the town's ills becomes instead Kathryn's pursuit of a killer.

A Maze of Murders

Author : C. L. Grace
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312290160
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Maze of Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-02-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A violent past haunts Sir Walter Maltravers, the wealthy lord of Ingoldby Hall. As a commander during the War of the Roses, he fought alongside Edward IV at the bloody, fratricidal Battle of Towton. Decades earlier, and thousands of miles away, he served in the fanatical bodyguard of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaeologus. There, as Turkish Jannisaries breached Constantinople’s walls and set the city aflame, Sir Walter committed what may have been an unforgivable sin: instead of defending the emperor with his last drop of blood, Maltravers fled. But not before scooping up all the treasure he could carry, including the Lacrima Christi---a giant ruby said to be a holy relic of incalculable value. When the ruby disappears from Canterbury’s Franciscan monastery, Sir Walter fears the emperor’s vengeful loyalists---the Athanatoi---have tracked him to his estate. He doesn’t have much time to ponder his dilemma. Crawling on his bare knees to the shrine at the center of his enormous private hedge maze, the penitent Sir Walter encounters his axe-wielding killer. . . . Maltravers’s head turns up days later, impaled on a pole. Gossips in Canterbury whisper of the fabled Athanatoi, come to claim their bloody due from a traitor. But apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke doesn’t think so. Her Irish fiancée, Colum Murtagh, the King’s Commissioner in Canterbury, is called in to investigate the crimes. A Renaissance woman in a Middle Age world, Swinbroke comes to believe that all is not as it seems within the cozy confines of Ingoldby Hall. She asks tough questions of the wealthy power-players who seem to hover around the murder case. And before long, the death toll mounts: a maid, a madwoman, a scribe, a retainer. . . . One thing becomes abundantly clear: if Swinbrooke and Murtagh don’t nail down the killer---or killers---soon, they’ll be next!

Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds

Author : Herbert Arthur Evans
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Highways and Byways in Oxford and the Cotswolds written by Herbert Arthur Evans and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Slaves of the Empire

Author : Aaron Travis
Publisher : Harrington Park Press
ISBN 13 : 9781560235583
Total Pages : 109 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (355 download)

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Download or read book Slaves of the Empire written by Aaron Travis and published by Harrington Park Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magnus, the mightiest gladiator in all of Rome, gives the people what they want - bloodlust and death for their entertainment. He and his mortal enemy, Urius, are the best of the best of the slaves doing battle for the roaring crowds. Slaves of the Empire immerses readers in the brutal age of ancient Rome, when the powerful took their sadomasochistic pleasure from the weak, and pain and death awaited every slave, no matter how strong. This tale has it all: fine writing, complex characters, and a story of rivalry, power, torment and an abundance of steamy gay sex.

A Shrine of Murders

Author : C. L. Grace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780002324847
Total Pages : 195 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (248 download)

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Download or read book A Shrine of Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Stripling Thames

Author : Frederick Samuel Thacker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Stripling Thames written by Frederick Samuel Thacker and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Saintly Murders

Author : C. L. Grace
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780312277871
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (778 download)

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Download or read book Saintly Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Shrine of Murders (Kathryn Swinbrooke Mysteries, Book 1)

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755395611
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book A Shrine of Murders (Kathryn Swinbrooke Mysteries, Book 1) written by Paul Doherty and published by Headline. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of poisoned pilgrims requires the services of Canterbury's most intrepid sleuth.. . Paul Doherty introduces his medieval sleuth Kathryn Swinbrooke for the first time in A Shrine of Murders, the first in a gripping mystery series from the acclaimed historical novelist. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and Susanna Gregory. A serial killer haunts 15th-century Canterbury. Kathryn Swinbrooke is an independent practitioner of medicine, discovering the benefits of an apple-rich diet for teeth, and prescribing herbs and vinegar for almost every known malady. Canterbury's tourist trade, already jeopardized by the War of the Roses, is further imperilled by a spate of poisoned pilgrims, each corpse accompanied by the appearance of a line or two of rough verse, in style remarkably similar to Geoffrey Chaucer's soon-to-be famous work. Suspecting the murderer is a doctor, the Archbishop asks for Kathryn's help. In a fascinating hunt that pits her against the august town physicians, Kathryn is aided only by her wits, her foul-mouthed, warm-hearted servant Thomasina, and Colum Murtagh, a powerful Irish mercenary. What readers are saying about A Shrine of Murders: 'This is well researched, well written and a good story to curl up with on a dark winter's evening' 'Paul Doherty is a superb writer' 'Superb plot and characters. Kathryn is so interesting and insight into the history of the time is so well documented. You feel as if you were there and can even smell it!'

The Eye of God

Author : C. L. Grace
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312109783
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book The Eye of God written by C. L. Grace and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physician and chemist Kathryn Swinbrooke of Canterbury, England, returns in her second medieval mystery to investigate, with soldier Colum Murtagh, a series of murders connected with the disappearence of a royal relic, the Eye of God

The Book of Shadows

Author : Lisa Green
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781492961154
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (611 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Shadows written by Lisa Green and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Shadows will be the go to book for the New Witch and the more experienced Witch. This book is chocked full of fabulous pages you can use for all your B.O.S. needs! Learn the Sabbats, Keep a record of your oils, brews, and potions. there's even a section where you can make notes about spells and rituals. This is a beautiful keep sake and you'll enjoy it for years to come. Paperback 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm)

The Assassins of Isis

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755350286
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book The Assassins of Isis written by Paul Doherty and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-09-25 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The location of Rahimere's tomb, somewhere deep in the desert, has long been kept a closely guarded secret. But now, the Sebaus - a sect taking its name from demons - has plundered and pillaged the sepulchre for its most powerful treasure. The fiery Pharaoh Queen Hatusu must fight to protect the tombs of her kin and tighten her grip on the collar of Egypt. Then Egypt's great military hero, General Suten, is bitten to death by a swarm of venomous vipers, it appears events have spiralled out of her control. Meanwhile, a dark shadow lies across the peaceful Temple of Isis; four of the temple handmaids have vanished without trace. Will Lord Amerotke, Pharaoh's Chief Judge, be able to unravel the mysteries before further violence erupts? Or will he find that the perpetrators are in league with forces beyond his jurisdiction. The fifth novel in Paul Doherty's Ancient Egyptian series.

The Hangman's Hymn

Author : Paul Doherty
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 0755350529
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (553 download)

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Download or read book The Hangman's Hymn written by Paul Doherty and published by Headline. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When homeless and jobless, Simon Cotterill joins a hangman's crew replacing a man who was himself sent to the gibbet, he feels rejected even by the desperate men he now works with. Until he learns the secret of how a hanged man can walk away from his own grave. Meanwhile from the forest paths around Gloucester, young women are disappearing. When a disfigured corpse is found, the mayor suspects a coven of witches is preying on vulnerable souls, and arrests three hideous hags. Afraid the town's prosperity could suffer from a reputation for witchcraft, he holds a midnight trial that condemns the women. They are taken to be hanged. But the unearthly sounds of the forest at night frighten even the hangmen, and a violent storm drives them to seek shelter, leaving the witches swinging from the gibbet tree. The next morning their bodies are gone. Then, one by one, every person who took part in the trial is found dead, and Simon is forced into hiding to save his own life...

The Black Death

Author :
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 152611271X
Total Pages : 378 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Black Death written by and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series provides texts central to medieval studies courses and focuses upon the diverse cultural, social and political conditions that affected the functioning of all levels of medieval society. Translations are accompanied by introductory and explanatory material and each volume includes a comprehensive guide to the sources' interpretation, including discussion of critical linguistic problems and an assessment of recent research on the topics covered. From 1348 to 1350 Europe was devastated by an epidemic that left between a third and one half of the population dead. This source book traces, through contemporary writings, the calamitous impact of the Black Death in Europe, with a particular emphasis on its spread across England from 1348 to 1349. Rosemary Horrox surveys contemporary attempts to explain the plague, which was universally regarded as an expression of divine vengeance for the sins of humankind. Moralists all had their particular targets for criticism. However, this emphasis on divine chastisement did not preclude attempts to explain the plague in medical or scientific terms. Also, there was a widespread belief that human agencies had been involved, and such scapegoats as foreigners, the poor and Jews were all accused of poisoning wells. The final section of the book charts the social and psychological impact of the plague, and its effect on the late-medieval economy.

Take Six Girls

Author : Laura Thompson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784970883
Total Pages : 457 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book Take Six Girls written by Laura Thompson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-09-30 with total page 457 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Wonderfully readable... Emphasises their sheer extraordinariness and celebrates them' MAIL ON SUNDAY. The eldest was a razor-sharp novelist of upper-class manners; the second was loved by John Betjeman; the third was a fascist who married Oswald Mosley; the fourth idolized Hitler and shot herself in the head when Britain declared war on Germany; the fifth was a member of the American Communist Party; the sixth became Duchess of Devonshire. They were the Mitford sisters: Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah. Born into country-house privilege, they became prominent as 'bright young things' in the high society of interwar London. Then, as the shadows crept over 1930s Europe, the stark – and very public – differences in their outlooks came to symbolise the political polarities of a dangerous decade. The intertwined stories of their lives – recounted in masterly fashion by Laura Thompson – hold up a revelatory mirror to upper-class English life before and after World War II.

The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation

Author : Gerald J. Davis
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365188019
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book The Canterbury Tales, The New Translation written by Gerald J. Davis and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-06-18 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic collection of beloved tales, both sacred and profane, of travelers in medieval England. Complete and Unabridged.

The Book of Holy Medicines

Author : Henry Duke of Lancaster
Publisher : Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS)
ISBN 13 : 9780866984676
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book The Book of Holy Medicines written by Henry Duke of Lancaster and published by Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS). This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Henry of Grosmont, first Duke of Lancaster, cousin and friend of Edward III, was a soldier, statesman, and diplomat. His Book of Holy Medicines of 1354, an astonishing composition by a secular nobleman, is a classic of penitential thinking and intense spirituality that has never been available in a full translation. Catherine Batt's sensitive and profoundly informed translation into modern English brings to life the work's allegorical account of the wounds of sin and its meditative processes of healing. Her annotations and substantial introduction place the text within the political, literary, and discursive networks of later fourteenth-century England and its multilingual culture, and they open up important new literary connections in England and on the continent, where Lancaster spent much of his career. His Book is now accessible to modern English-speaking readers as a classic of medieval spirituality and lay writing alongside the works of Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich.