A Tapestry of Murders: The Lawyer's Tale of Mystery and Murder as He Goes on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury (Canterbury Tales of Mystery and Murder #2)

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Synopsis
Chaucer's pilgrims, quarrelling amongst themselves, are now in open countryside enjoying the fresh spring weather as they progress slowly towards Canterbury. A motley collection of travellers, they each have their dark secrets, hidden passions and complex lives. As they shelter in a tavern from a sudden April shower they choose the Man of Law to follow the Knight and narrate the evening tale of fear and sinister dealings. In August 1358, the Dowager Queen Isabella, mother of King Edward III, the 'She Wolf of France', who betrayed and destroyed her husband because of her adulterous infatuation for Roger Mortimer, lies dying of the pestilence in the sombre fortress of Castle Rising, where her 'loving' son has kept her incarcerated. According to the Man of Law, Isabella dies and her body is taken along the Mile End Road and laid to rest in Greyfriars next to the mangled remains of her lover, who has paid dearly for his presumption in loving a queen. Nevertheless, as in life so in death Isabella causes intrigue, violence and murder. On the day of Isabella's burial her trusted squire attempts to flee, carrying, it is believed by the authorities, a manuscript that could discredit the English king. But, captured and grievously wounded, he dies before revealing his secrets to the man commanded to discover them, Sir Stephen Berrisford. Berrisford himself is then found murdered in perplexing circumstances. Nicholas Chirke, an honest young lawyer, is brought in to investigate - and quickly finds himself at his wits' end trying to resolve the mysteries before a great scandal unfolds. The Man of Law's Tale is a medieval murder mystery based on hard fact; with a gallery of the good, the bad and the evil, it is set against the violent backdrop of medieval London and its sinister underworld.
Copyright:
1994

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
247 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780747209676
Publisher:
Headline Book Publishing
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
P. C. Doherty
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Submitted By:
Deborah Murray
Proofread By:
Sue Stevens
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.

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