The Tainted Relic H - Couverture rigide

Al Bernard Knight ET

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 074326794X ISBN 13 : 9780743267946

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2005

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture

Five enthralling interlinked mysteries from Michael Jecks, Susanna Gregory, Bernard Knight, Ian Morson and Philip Gooden, with a prologue by Simon Beaufort.
July, 1100. Jerusalem has fallen to the Crusader armies, the Holy City lies ransacked. Amidst the chaos, an English knight is entrusted with a valuable religious relic: a fragment of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ. The relic is said to be cursed: anyone who touches it will meet an untimely and gruesome end as soon as it leaves their possession.
Thus begins a series of intriguing interlocking mysteries by Britain's best-known medieval crime writers. A decapitated monk. A savage impaling. A mysterious talking raven. At the heart of it all lies the lethal influence of the evil relic . . .
'Monks, mists, madness, taverns: a must for historical crime buffs' Tangled Web
'The writers really know their stuff . . A variety of backgrounds, from the Holy Land to Oxbridge and Saint Bartholomew's Fair, add to the colour and make this a truly entertaining historical mystery' Good Book Guide

Présentation de l'éditeur

The anthology centres around a piece of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ, which falls into the hands of an English knight, Geoffrey Mappestone, in 1100 at the end of the First Crusade. The relic is said to be cursed and, after three inexplicable deaths, it finds its way to England in the hands of a thief.
After several decades, the relic appears in Devon where it becomes part of a story by Bernard Knight, involving his protagonist Crowner John. In Oxford, in 1269, the discovery of a decapitated monk leads Ian Morson's academic sleuth, William Falconer, to discover a link to the relic. In 1323 in Exeter, Michael Jecks' Sir Baldwin, has reason to suspect its involvement in five violent deaths. Thirty years later, several suspicious deaths occur in Cambridge. As Susanna Gregory's Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael are to discover, the tainted relic has a crucial part to play. Finally, it's despatched to London, where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 074326794X
• ISBN 13: 9780743267946
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 512
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible