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2) King Arthur
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1987.
Language
English
Description
A biography of the legendary king of medieval Britain who became the central figure in a series of tales describing his own heroic deeds and those of his knights.
Author
Series
Hugh Corbett mysteries volume 13
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
When Abbot Stephen, head of the monastery at St. Martin's, is found murdered, Sir Hugh Corbett arrives to investigate. But with rumors of a robber's ghost galloping through the fens, Corbett has his work cut out for him.
Author
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Egypt is in danger. The barbarous Hittites are rumored to be massing their armies. Pharaoh Tutankhamen is seriously ill and the country appears powerless against its enemies. Scheming minister Lord Ay sends Mahu, overseer of the House of Scribes, to uncover the Hittites' plan. But what Mahu discovers could be more devastating than any attack... When the Masked messengers emerge to guide Mahu many unanswered questions reveal themselves: the truth about...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cr©·me de la Crime, an imprint of Severn House Publishers Ltd
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
February, 1381. London lies frozen in the grip of one of the bitterest winters on record. The ever-rising taxes demanded by the Regent, John of Gaunt, are causing increasing resentment among the city's poor. When the seething unrest boils over into a bloody massacre at a splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle Flame, in which nine people, including Gaunt's tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are brutally murdered,...
Author
Series
Hugh Corbett mysteries volume 20
Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"1311. Murder and mayhem prowl the highways and coffin paths of Medieval England . . . It is four years since the death of King Edward I, but his reign of terror has cast long shadows over the kingdom. At Holyrood Abbey, sheltered in the depths of the Welsh march, the old king's former bodyguards protect his secret relics and watch over a mysterious prisoner who is kept in the abbey's dungeon. But their peaceful existence is shattered when Abbot Henry...
Author
Series
Templars volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Robert de Payens, grandson of Eleanor, one of the co-founders of the Temple, and Englishman Edward Sendal find themselves caught up in a murder mystery when Raymond, Count of Tripoli, is brutally assassinated.
10) Dark queen wary
Author
Series
Margaret Beaufort mysteries volume 4
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
With an imposter prince claiming he is Henry Tudor, Margaret Beaufort must play the game of kings very carefully in this richly-imagined medieval mystery. "Uneasy lies the head which wears the crown" 1472. Edward IV reigns triumphant over England and his rivals, the Lancastrians. But he is uneasy, for one true claimant remains: the young Henry Tudor, son of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond. Henry's continued existence worries Edward, so...
Author
Series
Sorrowful mysteries of Brother Athelstan volume 15
Publisher
Crm̈e de la Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
May, 1381. The Great Revolt draws ever nearer. The Upright Men openly roam the streets of London, waiting for the violence to begin. Their mysterious envoy, the Herald of Hell, appears at night all over the city, striking terror into the hearts of those who oppose them. But who is he? When his chancery clerk is found hanged in a notorious Southwark brothel, the ruthless Thibault, John of Gaunt's Master of Secrets, summons Brother Athelstan to investigate....
Author
Series
Margaret Beaufort mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"November, 1471. With Edward of York on the English throne and her son, Henry Tudor, in exile in Brittany, the newly-widowed Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, is alone, without protectors. All she can do is wait and watch, planning for a time when she's in a position to make her move. But new dangers are emerging. En route to England is a band of Spanish mercenaries known as the Garduna. With no allegiance to prince, prelate or people, they...
Author
Series
Canterbury Tales mysteries volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Having witnessed a murder with possible supernatural ties when he was an apprentice, the Carpenter works to solve an intricate mystery involving a purported witch coven leader who would avenge the deaths of her sisters.