A Tapestry of Murders: The Man of Law's Tale of Mystery and Murder as He Goes on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury (Canterbury Tales Mysteries 2) |
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Paul Doherty
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Pages: 256 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0747245886
Pub: Headline
Pub date: 1994-12-01
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 263017
Reader Reviews:
The Lawyer's Tale (0/1 people found this helpful)
Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough and is the consummate professional when it comes to writing historical mystery novels. I for one do not know how he can be so prolific with his offering of books and yet make sure that each of them is well researched. Whether they be 13th, 14th, or fifteenth century they are always true to the period. He also writes about Ancient Egypt and Alexander the Great.
A group of pilgrims have joined together, both for company and also for protection as the roads and forests are littered with thieves and rogues, only too willing to relieve a traveller of their purse and most probably their lives as well. What adds even more spice to the journey is that several of the pilgrims know their fellow travellers but are not letting the fact become public knowledge.
The pilgrims have agreed that at the end of each day's journey when they stop at an inn or other resting place one of them will entertain the others with a tale. Whether the story is true or not only the storyteller will know.
In August 1358, the Dowager Queen Isabella, mother of King Edward III, lies dying. When death comes, she is buried next to her lover Roger Mortimer in Greyfriars, but violence continues and Nicholas Chirke, an honest young lawyer, is called in to investigate the strange events following her death. This one rings true but is it? And are any of the pilgrims involved in the tale?
Loaded With Action (0/8 people found this helpful)
This book is loaded with action and it is fun to read. Doherty has a doctorate in history from Oxford and obviously loves his subject.
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