The Bookseller's Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries Book 1)
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| Rating | : | 4.21 (993 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01H7FQ67G |
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| Number of Pages | : | 568 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-19 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
When young bookseller Nicholas Elyot discovers the body of student William Farringdon floating in the river Cherwell, it looks like a drowning. Soon, however, Nicholas finds evidence of murder. Who could have wanted to kill this promising student? As Nicholas and his scholar friend Jordain try to unravel what lies behind William’s death, they learn that he was innocently caught up in a criminal plot. Oxford, Spring 1353. When their investigations begin to involve town, university, and abbey, Nicholas takes a risky gamble – and puts his family in terrible danger.
In the first book, Flood, both men and women fight desperately to save their land from greedy and unscrupulous speculators. Her Fenland Series takes place in East Anglia during the seventeenth century. She has also written two standalone novels. Ann Swinfen is the author of the highly acclaimed series, The Chronicles of Christoval Alvarez. Set in the late sixteenth century, it f
"What a Delight" according to Elisabeth Huhn. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The characters are engaging, the plot is engaging, the locale is beautifully layed out and plays a significant role in the quality of the story, and the pacing never lags.I've only just recently discovered Ann Swinfen. It's like a valuable gift that is unexpected. I fully intend to read as many books as she has written. I hope she adds to this series soon and frequent. Kathleen Ingram said A fine series. I liked this book a great deal and plan to get the second book in the series to continue with it. Setting the stage for the characters and the location slowed down the reading of the book early on, but the history was excellent as was the characterization.The stage is set for an unusual historical era, Spring 1A fine series I liked this book a great deal and plan to get the second book in the series to continue with it. Setting the stage for the characters and the location slowed down the reading of the book early on, but the history was excellent as was the characterization.The stage is set for an unusual historical era, Spring 1353 in Oxford is just past the plague or Black Death which took the lives of many. Nichola. 5A fine series I liked this book a great deal and plan to get the second book in the series to continue with it. Setting the stage for the characters and the location slowed down the reading of the book early on, but the history was excellent as was the characterization.The stage is set for an unusual historical era, Spring 1353 in Oxford is just past the plague or Black Death which took the lives of many. Nichola. in Oxford is just past the plague or Black Death which took the lives of many. Nichola. "than longen folke to reden manie tales." according to avidreader. I'm looking forward to the rest of this series - as a student of the Middle Ages I was delighted to find a book set in medieval England that is not simply an acceptance of the Enlightenment's canards about the period. Ms. Swinfen's knowledge of broad general concepts and intimate details does honor to her scholarship. In addition, the plot is well constructed and the characters individualized and at
Set in the late sixteenth century, it features a young Marrano physician recruited as a code-breaker and spy in Walsingham’s secret service. The second, Betrayal, continues the story of the dangerous search for legal redress and security for the embattled villagers, at a time when few could be trusted. The first book in the series is The Bookseller’s Tale. The Testament of Mariam, set in the first century, recounts, from an unusual perspective, one of the most famous and yet ambiguous stories in human history, while exploring life under a foreign occupying force, in lands still torn by conflict to this day. Her Fenland Series takes place in East Anglia during the seventeenth cent