Candle Flame: A Novel of Mediaeval London Featuring Brother Athelstan

Name: Candle Flame: A Novel of Mediaeval London Featuring Brother Athelstan
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ISBN: 9781780295459

ISBN-10: 1780295456

ISBN-13: 9781780295459

Edition: 2015

Authors: Paul Doherty

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February, 1381. London lies frozen in the grip of one of the bitterest winters on record. The ever-rising taxes demanded by the Regent, John of Gaunt, are causing increasing resentment among the city's poor. When the seething unrest boils over into a bloody massacre at a splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle Flame, in which nine people, including Gaunt's tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are brutally murdered, the furious Regent orders Brother Athelstan to get to the bottom of the matter.For not only has Gaunt's treasure trove been stolen, he has reason to believe a French spy is active along the Thames, carefully recording for his masters in the…

Book details

List price: $15.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Severn House Pub Ltd
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Mystery writer P. C. Doherty was born in Middlesborough, England. He is probably best known for the series which includes Ghostly Murders, A Tournament of Murders, A Tapestry of Murders, and An Ancient Evil. Other works include The Rose Demon, Satan's Fire, and The Devil's Hunt. Doherty also has published under the pen names of Paul Harding (The Nightingale Gallery) and Michael Clynes (The White Rose Murders).