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The Cup of Ghosts
Paul Doherty
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Description for The Cup of Ghosts
Paperback. The first in the series featuring Mathilde of Westminster is played out against the glorious, violent and decadent court of Edward II where ghosts throng, and old sins and innocent blood cry to heaven for vengeance Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 113 x 27. Weight in Grams: 232.
By 1322, Mathilde of Westminster was considered the finest physician in London. But in her years as lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella, she was drawn into the murky politics of the English court, where sudden, mysterious death was part of the tapestry of life. Many years later, Mathilde looks back and chronicles her turbulent life. With her sharp, suspicious intellect ready to distinguish between a fatality and an unnatural death, Mathilde is confronted by a host of chilling murders. The source of these horrors is the fierce political rivalry between Philip of France and Edward of England. ... Read more
By 1322, Mathilde of Westminster was considered the finest physician in London. But in her years as lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella, she was drawn into the murky politics of the English court, where sudden, mysterious death was part of the tapestry of life. Many years later, Mathilde looks back and chronicles her turbulent life. With her sharp, suspicious intellect ready to distinguish between a fatality and an unnatural death, Mathilde is confronted by a host of chilling murders. The source of these horrors is the fierce political rivalry between Philip of France and Edward of England. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Headline Publishing Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
231g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780755328758
SKU
V9780755328758
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99-10
About Paul Doherty
Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.
Reviews for The Cup of Ghosts
This rich tale ... seeps authenticity and is written with wonderfully efficient style. A gem of an historical thriller
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Historically informative, excellently plotted and, as ever, superbly entertaining
CADS 20
A romping good read
Time Out
Praise for Paul Doherty's other novels: 'I really like these medieval whodunnits
Bookseller
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Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Historically informative, excellently plotted and, as ever, superbly entertaining
CADS 20
A romping good read
Time Out
Praise for Paul Doherty's other novels: 'I really like these medieval whodunnits
Bookseller
... Read more