The Lady Chapel

Release on 2011-01-18 | by Candace Robb

“So your tomb is to be in the Lady Chapel," he said, changing the subject, 'How did you come to choose that?” Thoresby did not answer at once, caught off balance by the shift. 'How did I choose it? Ah, well, it was a prayer to Our Lady ...

Author: Candace Robb
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 9781446440698
Category: Fiction
Page: 400
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Fans of Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell will not be disappointed by Candace Robb's enthralling and evocative murder mystery - full of intrigue and bolstered by a wealth of authentic historical detail. You won't want to put it down! 'Candace Robb recreates medieval York with ease'-Yorkshire Evening Press 'As full of intrigue as a Deighton or a le Carré' -- Guardian 'This book was so good I couldn't put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'A well researched and gripping novel' -- ***** Reader review 'Plenty of twists and turns to keep one turning the pages' -- ***** Reader review 'Great story with engaging characters' -- ***** Reader review ********************************************************** COMPLEX WEBS OF RIVALRIES; MISSING SUSPECTS; A MURDERER ON THE LOOSE... York 1365: While the city celebrates the feast of Corpus Christi, a man is murdered in the shadow of the Minster, his right hand severed. All the evidence points to a wool merchant last seen quarrelling with the dead man. Owen Archer finds himself once again called upon by Archbishop Thoresby to exercise his skills as detective. Yet, he is unsure where to turn first. His only witness is a young boy, his only suspect a mysterious hooded woman - and neither can be found. Owen is under intense pressure to solve the case, but he soon finds himself ensnared in a plot devised by very powerful masters...

Language: en
Pages: 402

The Lady Chapel

Authors: Candace Robb

Categories: Fiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-07-28 - Publisher: Diversion Publishing Corp.

A wool merchant’s murder may unmask a sinister plot in this novel of medieval England by an author who “puts the history back into the historical mystery” (Kirkus Reviews). Summer in the year of our Lord 1365: On the night after the Corpus Christi procession, a man is brutally murdered