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The Tainted Relic
The Medieval Murderers
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Description for The Tainted Relic
paperback. Five intriguing, interlinked novella-length mysteries from the Medieval Murderers Group. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: FFH; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 113 x 33. Weight in Grams: 426. Very good copy showing light age and shelfwear
July, 1100. Jerusalem 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. Several decades later, the Cross turns up in the possession of a dealer, robbed and murdered en route to Glastonbury. Investigating the death, Bernard Knight's protagonist, Crowner John learns of its dark history. In Oxford in 1269, the discovery of a decapitated monk leads Ian Morson's academic sleuth William Falconer to ... Read more
July, 1100. Jerusalem 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. Several decades later, the Cross turns up in the possession of a dealer, robbed and murdered en route to Glastonbury. Investigating the death, Bernard Knight's protagonist, Crowner John learns of its dark history. In Oxford in 1269, the discovery of a decapitated monk leads Ian Morson's academic sleuth William Falconer to ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
512
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781416502135
SKU
KMO0001785
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1
About The Medieval Murderers
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 ... Read more
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