Download or read book A Shrine of Murders Kathryn Swinbrooke Mysteries Book 1 written by Paul Doherty and published by Headline. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of poisoned pilgrims requires the services of Canterbury's most intrepid sleuth.. . Paul Doherty introduces his medieval sleuth Kathryn Swinbrooke for the first time in A Shrine of Murders, the first in a gripping mystery series from the acclaimed historical novelist. Perfect for fans of Ellis Peters and Susanna Gregory. A serial killer haunts 15th-century Canterbury. Kathryn Swinbrooke is an independent practitioner of medicine, discovering the benefits of an apple-rich diet for teeth, and prescribing herbs and vinegar for almost every known malady. Canterbury's tourist trade, already jeopardized by the War of the Roses, is further imperilled by a spate of poisoned pilgrims, each corpse accompanied by the appearance of a line or two of rough verse, in style remarkably similar to Geoffrey Chaucer's soon-to-be famous work. Suspecting the murderer is a doctor, the Archbishop asks for Kathryn's help. In a fascinating hunt that pits her against the august town physicians, Kathryn is aided only by her wits, her foul-mouthed, warm-hearted servant Thomasina, and Colum Murtagh, a powerful Irish mercenary. What readers are saying about A Shrine of Murders: 'This is well researched, well written and a good story to curl up with on a dark winter's evening' 'Paul Doherty is a superb writer' 'Superb plot and characters. Kathryn is so interesting and insight into the history of the time is so well documented. You feel as if you were there and can even smell it!'

Download or read book A Shrine of Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Maze of Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2003-02-11 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A violent past haunts Sir Walter Maltravers, the wealthy lord of Ingoldby Hall. As a commander during the War of the Roses, he fought alongside Edward IV at the bloody, fratricidal Battle of Towton. Decades earlier, and thousands of miles away, he served in the fanatical bodyguard of the last Byzantine emperor, Constantine XI Palaeologus. There, as Turkish Jannisaries breached Constantinople’s walls and set the city aflame, Sir Walter committed what may have been an unforgivable sin: instead of defending the emperor with his last drop of blood, Maltravers fled. But not before scooping up all the treasure he could carry, including the Lacrima Christi---a giant ruby said to be a holy relic of incalculable value. When the ruby disappears from Canterbury’s Franciscan monastery, Sir Walter fears the emperor’s vengeful loyalists---the Athanatoi---have tracked him to his estate. He doesn’t have much time to ponder his dilemma. Crawling on his bare knees to the shrine at the center of his enormous private hedge maze, the penitent Sir Walter encounters his axe-wielding killer. . . . Maltravers’s head turns up days later, impaled on a pole. Gossips in Canterbury whisper of the fabled Athanatoi, come to claim their bloody due from a traitor. But apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke doesn’t think so. Her Irish fiancée, Colum Murtagh, the King’s Commissioner in Canterbury, is called in to investigate the crimes. A Renaissance woman in a Middle Age world, Swinbroke comes to believe that all is not as it seems within the cozy confines of Ingoldby Hall. She asks tough questions of the wealthy power-players who seem to hover around the murder case. And before long, the death toll mounts: a maid, a madwoman, a scribe, a retainer. . . . One thing becomes abundantly clear: if Swinbrooke and Murtagh don’t nail down the killer---or killers---soon, they’ll be next!

Download or read book The Visitations of the County of Oxford Taken in the Years 1566 written by William Harvey and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Eye of God written by C. L. Grace and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Physician and chemist Kathryn Swinbrooke of Canterbury, England, returns in her second medieval mystery to investigate, with soldier Colum Murtagh, a series of murders connected with the disappearence of a royal relic, the Eye of God

Download or read book The Book of Shadows written by Lisa Green and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Book of Shadows will be the go to book for the New Witch and the more experienced Witch. This book is chocked full of fabulous pages you can use for all your B.O.S. needs! Learn the Sabbats, Keep a record of your oils, brews, and potions. there's even a section where you can make notes about spells and rituals. This is a beautiful keep sake and you'll enjoy it for years to come. Paperback 8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm)

Download or read book A Bird in the Hand written by Ann Cleeves and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ann Cleeves Classic Crime - engaging mysteries to savour, beloved characters to meet again A Bird in the Hand is the first novel featuring George and Molly Palmer-Jones by Ann Cleeves, author of the Shetland and Vera Stanhope crime series. In England's birdwatching paradise, a new breed has been sighted – a murderer . . . Young Tom French was found dead, lying in a marsh on the Norfolk coast, with his head bashed in and his binoculars still around his neck. One of the best birders in England, Tom had put the village of Rushy on the birdwatching map. Everyone liked him. Or did they? George Palmer-Jones, an elderly birdwatcher who decided quietly to look into the brutal crime, discovered mixed feelings aplenty. Still, he remained baffled by a deed that could have been motivated by thwarted love, pure envy, or something else altogether. But as he and his fellow "twitchers" flocked from Norfolk to Scotland to the Scilly Isles, in response to rumours of rare sightings, George – with help from his lovely wife, Molly – gradually discerned the true markings of a killer. All he had to do was prove it . . . before the murderer strikes again.

Download or read book The Four Visitations of Berkshire written by Thomas Benolt and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Shrine of Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When a series of murders paralyzes the town of Canterbury, physician and chemist Kathryn Swinbrooke searches for a killer with literary tastes and rather personal motives

Download or read book Holiday with Violence written by Ellis Peters and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: English teens on vacation in Italy are caught up in a murderous conspiracy, from the Edgar Award–winning author of the Chronicles of Brother Cadfael. On a train ride across Northern Italy, a quartet of young English tourists en route to Venice are charmed by a kindly older fellow passenger. Inviting them into his first-class compartment, their new friend, Signore Galassi, beguiles them with stories, anecdotes, and fascinating facts about the lush Italian countryside. But once the train deposits them all in Turin, a dark cloud settles over the Brits’ carefree holiday. After discovering that their elderly traveling companion has been brutally attacked and robbed, the distraught students vow to scour this unfamiliar city and find his assailant. Unbeknownst to the young British visitors, they have something in their possession that ties into a greater, even more terrible crime. Their hunt could have unexpected and very deadly consequences, for now their quarry is hunting them. The Edgar, Agatha, and Gold Dagger Award–winning author of the Brother Cadfael Mysteries is “highly recommended for those who still like a proper five course whodunit with all the trimmings” (The Sunday Times).

Download or read book The Province of Canterbury and the Elizabethan Settlement of Religion written by Colin W. Field and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Architecture of Sir Ernest George written by Hilary J. Grainger and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Ernest George (1839-1922) was one of England's greatest architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He specialised in domestic work and was responsible for beautiful and imaginative houses in both town and country, and with his three successive partners, he carried out over 200 works both in Britain and abroad. He was also a watercolourist of considerable stature whose work in the medium was acclaimed in his own time. This richly illustrated book is the first study of the man and his work and will establish him as one of the major names in his profession. His life and career is fully documented, the buildings are described and a full catalogue of works is provided. A special feature is a study of pupils and assistants who passed through George's office, including several who went on to be famous and successful - Edwin Lutyens, Guy Dawber, J. J. Joass, R. Weir Schultz - and also the first woman to be become a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects, Ethel Mary Charles. Hilary Grainger is a dean at the London College of Fashion and is the recognised expert on George and his architecture. She is also a leading authority on the architecture of cremation and is the chair of the Victorian Society.

Download or read book The Merchant s House written by Kate Ellis and published by Little, Brown UK. This book was released on 2010-04-21 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of secrets and lies . . . DS Wesley Peterson, newly arrived in the West Country town of Tradmouth, has his hands full when a child goes missing and a young woman is brutally murdered on a lonely cliff path. Then his old friend, archaeologist Neil Watson, unearths the skeletons of a woman and a newborn baby in the cellar of an ancient merchant's house nearby. As they begin to investigate the murders, Wesley starts to suspect that these deaths, centuries apart, may be linked by age-old motives of jealousy and sexual obsession. And the pressure is on if he is going to prevent a further tragedy . . . The first mystery in the bestselling Wesley Peterson series from Kate Ellis, the award-winning author of the 2019 CWA Dagger in the Library. What readers are saying about The Merchant's House . . . 'I couldn't stop turning the pages . . . Something about this book just hooked me!' Goodreads Review, 5 stars 'Superb . . . Five stars' Reader review, 5 stars 'If you like Ian Rankin, LJ Ross, Elly Griffiths and James Oswald, you will enjoy Kate Ellis' Reader review, 5 stars 'Gripping . . . Love how the past and present bring the story together' Reader review, 5 stars 'You'll fall in love with coastal England and find yourself walking the cobbled lanes in your imagination . . . Do not miss this series!' Reader review, 5 stars 'The first in an outstanding series of contemporary crime fiction' Reader review, 5 stars 'Fantastic read' Reader review, 5 stars 'Compelling . . Kept you guessing from start to finish. I would highly recommend it' Reader review, 5 stars 'Loved it!!' Reader review, 5 stars 'Kate Ellis has certainly got a talent for story telling which can grab the imagination from the start' Reader review, 5 stars 'Really unputdownable' Reader review, 5 stars 'Gripping. Kate Ellis is my new favourite author' Reader review, 5 stars 'A page-turner' Reader review, 5 stars

Download or read book The Merchant of Death written by C. L. Grace and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 1995 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Continues the unlikely partnership of physician Kathryn Swinbrooke and soldier Colum Murtagh as a painter confesses to murder and Kathryn and Colum are trapped with a killer

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Download or read book Saintly Murders written by C. L. Grace and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-08-25 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late summer of 1472, medieval physician and apothecary Kathryn Swinbrooke is summoned to investigate yet another puzzling situation in Canterbury. She is appointed by the Archbishop as Advocatus Diaboli-the Devil's Advocate-to argue against the beatification of Roger Atworth, a friar in the Order of the Sack and the confessor of Dame Cecily of York, King Edward's mother. Atworth has died under mysterious circumstances, and there are rumors afloat of miraculous happenings surrounding his body. At the same time, an infestation of rats has begun to afflict Canterbury. Never in the history of the city has such an invasion occurred, and the topic is one everyone's lips. Meanwhile, when Kathryn begins asking questions at the friary about Atworth's death, she discovers that the logical explanation is murder, not a miracle. His involvement with Cecily may have brought about his demise, and Kathryn suspects a link between his death and that of an English spy outside the friary. With the murderer still on the loose, what began as a search for the town's ills becomes instead Kathryn's pursuit of a killer.

Download or read book The Final Testimony of Raphael Ignatius Phoenix written by Paul Sussman and published by Clipper Audio. This book was released on 2015-01-06 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born at the beginning of the 20th century, Raphael Ignatius Phoenix is determined to take his own life as the new millennium begins and he turns a hundred years old. But before he ends it all, he wants to get his affairs in order, and that includes making sense of his own life. He decides to write it down, remembering the experiences, the myriad encounters and, of course, the ten murders he committed along the way...