Download or read book The Poisoned Chalice written by Bernard Knight and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-03-28 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The women of Exeter are under attack. Only he can protect them. 1194. First the daughter of a rich merchant is raped. Then, just months before her marriage, Lady Adele de Courcy is found dead in one of the poorest areas of the city. The common factor is Godfrey Fitzosbern, the local silversmith. Despite his own suspicions, county coroner Sir John de Wolfe is determined to protect Godfrey from the women’s vengeful families. Until, that is, he can find proof of the man’s guilt. Aided by his mistress Nesta, and hindered by his power-hungry brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle, John slowly begins to put the pieces together. But a final, brutal act of violence makes John question everything he’s discovered so far... A nail-bitingly tense and pacey medieval crime thriller, perfect for fans of C. J. Sansom, Andrew Taylor and S. J. Parris.

Download or read book More Work for the Undertaker written by Margery Allingham and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2023-05-30 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A top-notch mystery full of keen characterization, humor, old English atmosphere, a charmingly decadent family, and a few sudden deaths.” —The New York Times A beggarwoman on a bench arouses Albert Campion’s curiosity—and helps Scotland Yard lure him into a case of family dysfunction. The seemingly destitute woman is none other than a member of the eccentric Palinode family, which has recently lost two of its members. The police suspect a poisoner is on the loose, which is why Campion is willing to go undercover as a lodger in the boardinghouse where they live. As the recently deceased are exhumed, Campion becomes acquainted with the old-fashioned, out-of-the-ordinary family members, who talk in crossword puzzle clues, sneak out at night, and cook vats of stinky food in the basement to save money. And if that’s not enough to keep Campion on his toes, the local undertaker seems to be digging himself into a hole . . . Praise for Margery Allingham “Margery Allingham stands out like a shining light.” —Agatha Christie “The best of mystery writers.” —The New Yorker “Don’t start reading these books unless you are confident that you can handle addiction.” —The Independent “One of the finest Golden-Age crime novelists.” —The Sunday Telegraph “Spending an evening with Campion is one of life’s pure pleasures.” —The Sunday Times

Download or read book The Chalice of Blood written by Peter Tremayne and published by Minotaur Books. This book was released on 2011-10-25 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If there is anyone who has emerged from the crowded field of medieval mysteries to take the place of the late Ellis Peters, it is Peter Tremayne." --Denver Post on Master of Souls Ireland AD 670: When an eminent scholar is found murdered in his cell in the Abbey of Lios Mor, fear spreads among his brethren. His door was secured from the inside, with no other means of exit. How did the murderer escape? And what was the content of the manuscripts apparently stolen from the scholar's room? Abbot Iarnla insists on sending for Sister Fidelma and her companion Brother Eadulf to investigate the killing. But even before they reach the abbey walls, there is an attempt on their lives. As the mystery deepens, Fidelma and Eadulf must also wrestle with problems of their own, problems which threaten to separate them forever...

Download or read book The Chalice of Mystery written by Benjamin Towe and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2007-02-05 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Chalice of Mystery" records the deeds of heroes and legends of Donothor. The chronicle occurs three hundred years after the fall of the sorcerer of the Lachinor Morlecainen and his daughter Chalar and seven centuries before the Deathquest to Parallan. The Aivendar family has wisely and justly ruled Donothor, but fantastic creatures roam the land and large areas of Donothor remained unexplored. The Light Sorceress Knarra keeps an uneasy eye toward the Iron Mountains, the imposing eastern border to the growing civilization, and the Lachinor, the great swamp to the south. Attacks by an unlikely alliance of creatures from the Iron Mountains shatter the fragile peace and terrorize Donothor. Knarra enlists the mysterious Dark Sorcerer Roscoe, the dwarves of Hillesdale, a red-haired elf, a legendary dwarfish fighter, and the Rangers of Lyndyn to battle the alliance of red giants, ice giants, ogres, two-headed Ettins, troglodytes, dragons, and stranger ilk. A relic of evil rests in the Iron Mountains. What role does the artifact play in the future of Donothor? What evil unites the denizens of the Iron Mountains?

Download or read book The Poisoned Chalice written by Michael Clynes and published by . This book was released on 1993-01-14 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of Henry VIII's lords, from the relatively safe perspective of old age, recounts the corruption, deceit, and scandal of Tudor England in The Poisoned Chalice: Being the Second Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Murders Perpetrated in the Reign of King Henry VIII.

Download or read book The Chalice written by Phil Rickman and published by Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Glastonbury Tor is the legendary resting place of the Holy Grail, but something else also rests beneath the hill Glastonbury, legendary resting place of the Holy Grail, is a mysterious and haunting town. But when plump, dizzy Diane Ffitch returns home, it's with a sense of deep unease—and not only about her aristocratic family's reaction to her broken engagement and her New Age companions. Plans for a new motorway have intensified the old bitterness between the local people and the "pilgrims," so already the sacred air is soured. And, as the town becomes increasingly split by violence and death, Diane, local bookseller Juanita Carey, and the writer Joe Powys must now face up to the worst of all possibilities: the existence of an anti-Grail—the dark chalice.

Download or read book The Chalice of Death written by Robert Silverberg and published by Planet Stories (Paizo Publishi. This book was released on 2012-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three complete novels of mystery in space from Grand Master Robert Silverberg explode back into print for the first time in decades in this thrilling new Planet Stories collection! These extremely scarce tales originally appeared in the legendary Ace Double novel series, and represent a future multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author bridging the explosive, action-oriented science fiction adventures of the early pulps with more introspective themes of the new wave that swept sci-fi in the 1960s. In The Chalice of Death, a human from the far edge of space must track down the legendary planet that birthed his race tens of thousands of years ago. For the legends hold that the long-forgotten Earth holds the Chalice of Life, and the Chalice of Life holds immortality! In Starhaven, interplanetary fugitive Johnny Mantell flees authorities to the artificial pirate world known as Starhaven, sanctuary for the criminals and misfits of space. There he finds a new home for himself -- as well as questions about his past, his future, and his identity! In Shadow on the Stars, deep space colonist Baird Ewing returns to Earth for the first time in the thousand years since his ancestors first departed, seeking aid against the aliens who seek to destroy his colony. But the weapon he finds upon the ancient Earth can save only one planet, and Ewing must choose between his two home worlds.

Download or read book The Tarnished Chalice written by Susanna Gregory and published by Sphere. This book was released on 2010-12-02 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers. ------------------------------------ The winter of 1353 has been appallingly wet, there is a fever outbreak amongst the poorer townspeople and the country is not yet fully recovered from the aftermath of the plague. The increasing reputation and wealth of the Cambridge colleges are causing dangerous tensions between the town, Church and University. Matthew Bartholomew is called to look into the deaths of three members of the University of who died from drinking poisoned wine, and soon he stumbles upon criminal activities that implicate his relatives, friends and colleagues - so he must solve the case before matters in the town get out of hand... On a bitter winter evening in 1356, Matthew Bartholomew, Brother Michael and their book-bearer Cynric arrive in Lincoln. Michael is to accept an honour from the cathedral, and Bartholomew is looking for the woman he wants to marry. It is not long before they learn that the friary in which they are staying is not the safe haven they imagine - one guest has already been murdered. It soon emerges that the dead man was holding the Hugh Chalice, a Lincoln relic with a curiously bloody history. Bartholomew and Michael are soon drawn into a web of murder, lies and suspicion in a city where neither knows who can be trusted.

Download or read book The Trail of the Chalice written by Howard Weiner and published by . This book was released on 2022-10-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few themes in world literature are as pervasive as the Quest of the Holy Grail. A staple of Arthurian Literature in both England, France, Germany and even Holland, the Grail has fascinated authors for nearly nine hundred years. Legend tells us that Joseph of Arimithea, a disciple of Christ, took the cup to England after the crucifixion and established a Christian community there. But so confusing are the stories, that some authors and scholars dispute where exactly in England the Grail Castle was located. Or if it was in fact there or elsewhere in Europe. Enter Professor Bradley Davison. Professor of History at Queens College in New York City, one of the world's leading authorities on arms and armor-and the solver of seven previous serial killings in cooperation with the NYPD. He plunges into the mystery of the Grail and the latest serial killings that seem to be associated with it and he is shocked to see that the Vatican, the Templars, the Crusades and the wreck of the White Ship all have something to do with the Grail mystery. Putting his life in danger, can he solve this latest mystery before even more people are killed?

Download or read book The Chalice Thief written by K.J. Emrick and published by South Coast Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-20 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Theft of a Valuable Chalice... Another Mystery... And a Baby (or Two)!!! Legend tells the story of the priceless Van Diemen's Land Chalice. Believed to be hundreds of years old the myth says that whoever holds it has possession of Tasmania! When a local celebrity claims the Chalice has been stolen from his property, Dell Powers gets drawn into the mystery. Was the Chalice really stolen and is it even real? Or is this just an elaborate publicity stunt? If that is not enough for her to cope with, Rosie is about to give birth to her first child and James is back in town to report on the story. Will Dell be able to restore her relationship with him or is it really over? While investigating the mystery Dell's life is put in jeopardy as she finds herself on the wrong end of a weapon once again. Will she survive this time? Get your copy of The Chalice Thief to find out!

Download or read book The Stolen Chalice written by Kitty Pilgrim and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-06-25 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kitty Pilgrim returns with her second novel featuring the beautiful young oceanographer Cordelia Stapleton and the dashing, urbane archaeologist John Sinclair. Set in the international art world, The Stolen Chalice takes readers across the globe. Bombings, kidnappings, and Sinclair’s old love conspire against the couple as they search for valuable Egyptian art...

Download or read book The Gyrth Chalice Mystery written by Margery Allingham and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There is a legend about the priceless Gyrth Chalice-and it is written in blood. Now it is Val Gyrth's turn to visit the tower room high above the Gyrth family mansion, to learn the terrible secret that has haunted his family for generations. But he won't be the only visitor. A powerful ring of thieves is after the prized relic. And it's up to Albert Campion to stop them. Equally at home in the underworld and among the upper crust, super-sleuth Albert Campion rarely misses a clue or fails to find a motive. Behind his horn-rimmed glasses and mild-mannered facade is a brilliant mind that can penetrate to the villainous heart of the most heinous crime."--BOOK COVER

Download or read book The Chalice and the Blade written by Riane Eisler and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now with an updated epilogue celebrating the 30th anniversary of this groundbreaking and increasingly relevent book. "May be the most significant work published in all our lifetimes." – LA Weekly The Chalice and the Blade tells a new story of our cultural origins. It shows that warfare and the war of the sexes are neither divinely nor biologically ordained. It provides verification that a better future is possible—and is in fact firmly rooted in the haunting dramas of what happened in our past.

Download or read book The Chalice written by Nancy Bilyeau and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In sixteenth-century England, Joanna Stafford matches wits against powerful men when she's caught up in a shadowy plot targeting Henry VIII.

Download or read book The Lost Chalice written by Vernon Silver and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-06-02 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... pieces together the extraordinary tale of the lost cup and offers a portrait of the modern antiquities trade"--Jacket.

Download or read book Chalice written by Robin McKinley and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beekeeper by trade, Mirasol's life changes completely when she is named the new Chalice, the most important advisor to the new Master, a former priest of Fire.

Download or read book A Poisoned Chalice written by Jeffrey Freedman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2002-03-31 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wider world of German-speaking Europe, writes Jeffrey Freedman, the affair became a cause celebre, the object of a lively public debate that focused on an issue much on the minds of intellectuals in the age of Enlightenment: the problem of evil.".