The Hanging Tree

About the author

Paul Doherty has written over 100 books and was awarded the Herodotus Award, for lifelong achievement for excellence in the writing of historical mysteries by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and include the historical mysteries of Brother Athelstan and Hugh Corbett.

Summary

London, 1382. The Crown's treasury, the most secure chamber in the kingdom, has been robbed, and the five guards brutally killed. Brother Athelstan is set to investigate, but he has problems of his own. A body is found in the nave of his parish church, identified as a craftsman who fashioned the complex locks to the royal treasure chamber . . .

Product details

• Authors: Paul Doherty
• Publisher: Canongate
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2022
• EAN: 9781780291390
• ISBN: 978-1-78029-139-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 220 mm x 150 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 405 g
• Series: A Brother Athelstan Mystery
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense > Historical crime novels; London, Greater London, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Amateur Sleuth, Historical mysteries, Central London, FICTION / Historical / Medieval, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Historical crime and mysteries, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, c 1154 to c 1485 (Plantagenet and Angevin period)