An Ancient Evil: The Knight's Tale of Mystery and Murder as He Goes on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury (Canterbury Tales Mysteries 1)

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The Knight's Tale (0/0 people found this helpful)

Paul Doherty 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 the Greek period in history of Alexander the Great.

This is the first book in the series of mysteries called the Canterbury Tales. It is The Knight's Tale of Mystery and Murder As He Goes on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury.

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

. The Knight begins his tale with the destruction of a sinister cult in the reign of William the Conqueror, and then moves on 200 years to a series of terrible murders that seem connected to the legends of the cult. True, or false?

Classic Cloak And Dagger - Medieval Style 2003 (6/6 people found this helpful)

If you're anything like me, you probably hated reading the Canterbury Tales at school. OK, Chaucer is a literary genius of classical verse, and his work has probably had a massively beneficial effect on English literature, but weren't 'The Tales' just really boring confessions of a medieval window cleaner? Well... I must apologise to Chaucer - his pervasive influence is clear in Paul Doherty's series of Chauceresque Pilgrim's Tales. This first episode - The Knight's Tale, is a morbid and suspenseful medieval adventure- and it's simply one of the best books ever written, genre or no genre, period. Michael Crichton, learn from the best! And Mr. Spielberg, when you're ready to make the movie... give me a call!

A Haunting Mystery (1/1 people found this helpful)

This series is very good. The dark side of the Canterbury Tales. All three books are spellbinding. The twists in the plot and how everyone in the group seems to be part of each story.

Classic Cloak And Dagger - Medieval Style (5/7 people found this helpful)

If you're anything like me, you hated reading the Canterbury Tales at school. OK, Chaucer is a literary genius of classical verse, and his work has probably had a positive effect on Anglo Literature, but weren't 'The Tales' just really boring confessions of a medieval window cleaner?Well.. I must apologize to Chaucer - his pervasive influence is clear in P C Doherty's series of Pilgrim's Tales. This first episode - The Knight's Tale, is a morbid and suspenseful Gothic Adventure Romance - and it's simply one of the best books ever written. Michael Crichton, learn from the best! And Mr. Spielberg, when you're ready to make the movie... give me a call.

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