Dispensation of Death - A Knights Templar Mystery

Informationen zum Autor Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry to concentrate on writing and the study of medieval history, especially that of Devon and Cornwall. He lives with his family in northern Dartmoor. Klappentext 1325: England is a hotbed of paranoia under the reign of the increasingly unpredictable Edward II and his lover, Sir Hugh le Despenser. When the Queen's lady-in-waiting is slaughtered and a man's body, hideously mutilated, is discovered behind the throne, the King demands to be avenged. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill, an experienced investigator of murders, is appointed to track down the killer, aided by his friend, Simon Puttock. In an age of corruption, when the king's friends can use torture, blackmail and murder to promote their ends, a rural knight and bailiff must fight to stay alive. "Memorable characters, steadily absorbing period background . . . a commendable achievement." --"Kirkus Reviews" Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock must risk their own lives to protect the Queen of England in Michael Jecks' cleverly plotted twenty-third medieval mystery Zusammenfassung Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock must risk their own lives to protect the Queen of England in Michael Jecks' cleverly plotted twenty-third medieval mystery

Product details

• Authors: Michael Jecks, Jecks Michael
• Publisher: Headline
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 13.12.2007
• EAN: 9780755332816
• ISBN: 978-0-7553-3281-6
• No. of pages: 491
• Dimensions: 111 mm x 177 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Knights Templar Mysteries (Hea
• Subjects: Fiction > Suspense; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Historical / Medieval, Crime and mystery fiction, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval