Geoffrey Chaucer #01: The Knight's Tale

Geoffrey Chaucer #01: The Knight's Tale
M J Trow
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Trade Paperback
h216 x 138mm - 224pg
25 Aug 2022 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781780298016
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Introducing 14th century poet Geoffrey Chaucer as a memorable new amateur sleuth in the first of an ingeniously-conceived medieval mystery series. April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, Comptroller of the King' s Woollens and court poet Geoffrey Chaucer is forced to abandon his plans following an appeal for help from an old friend. The Duke of Clarence, Chaucer' s former guardian, has been found dead in his bed at his Suffolk castle, his bedroom door locked and bolted from the inside. The man who found him, Sir Richard Glanville, suspects foul play and has asked Chaucer to investigate. On arrival at Clare Castle, Chaucer finds his childhood home rife with bitter rivalries, ill-advised love affairs and dangerous secrets. As he questions the castle' s inhabitants, it becomes clear that more than one member of the Duke' s household had reason to wish him ill. But who among them is a cold-hearted killer? It' s up to Chaucer, with his sharp wits and eye for detail, to root out the evil within.

#01: Knight's Tale, The
#02: The Yeoman's Tale

Stellar . . . Trow reinforces his place at the top of the Elizabethan mystery subgenre * Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Reckoning * Subtle humor, colorful characters, and a shock ending are all on display in abundance * Booklist on The Reckoning * A gripping story packed with a palpable sense of danger, and a shocker of an ending, makes for absorbing reading * Booklist on The Black Hills * Twisty, unpredictable, and ultimately satisfying * Kirkus Reviews on Black Death * Readers will find themselves intrigued by Trow' s fine tale, which is full of ribald humor, high-spirited adventure, intriguing twists, and realistic period ambience * Booklist on Black Death *
M J Trow is a military historian by training and the author of the long-running Inspector Lestrade and ' Mad Max' Maxwell detective series, as well as the Kit Marlowe Tudor mysteries and the Grand & Batchelor Victorian mystery series. He lives on the Isle of Wight.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781780298016
Published: 25 Aug 2022
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Severn House
Publisher: Canongate Books
Format: Trade Paperback
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Pages: 224

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