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Informationen zum Autor Bernard Knight! a former Home Office pathologist! is the author of the acclaimed Crowner John series. Former police officer Susanna Gregory's novels feature Matthew Bartholomew! a C14th Cambridge physician. Karen Maitland is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling C14th mysteries Company of Liars and The Owl Killers. Philip Gooden writes Shakespearean murder mysteries. Ian Morson is the author of the Oxford-based Falconer series. Klappentext The Medieval Murderers are a group which consist of C. J. Sansom! Bernard Knight! Michael Jecks! Susanna Gregory! Ian Morson! and Philip Gooden. These six novella-length stories! linked by a common thread! each feature the authors' series character! whilst also offering something a little different. Zusammenfassung Amysterious book of prophecies written by a 6th century Irish monk has puzzled scholars through the ages. Foretelling wars, plagues and rebellions, the Black Book of Bran is said to have predicted the Black Death and the Gunpowder Plot. But is it the result of divine inspiration or the ravings of a madman? A hidden hoard of Saxon gold. A poisoned priest. A monk skinned alive in Westminster Abbey. Only one thing is certain: whoever comes into possession of the cursed book meets a gruesome and untimely end.
