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The Nightingale Gallery

On sale

6th September 2001

Price: £8.99

Selected:  Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780747237259

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In 1376, the famed Black Prince died of a terrible rotting sickness, closely followed by his father, King Edward III. The crown of England is left in the hands of a mere boy, the future Richard II, and the great nobles gather like hungry wolves round the empty throne. A terrible power struggle threatens the country, and one of London’s powerful merchant princes is foully murdered within a few days of the old king’s death. Coroner Sir John Cranston and Dominican monk Brother Athelstan are ordered to investigate. As others associated with Springall are found dead, Cranston and Athelstan are drawn ever deeper into a dark web of intrigue…

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Colchester Evening News
Praise for the series: 'Death and mystery pack the pages - but there's humour too
Oxford Times
Vitality in the landscape...angst in the mystery, it's Peters minus the herbs but plus a few crates of sack
CADS
Absolutely superb