Book description
A snowy March, 1367, and King Edward is impatient. He wants William
of Wykeham confirmed as Bishop of Winchester, but Pope Urban V is
stalling, deterred by the man's wealth and political ambition.
Thus Owen Archer finds himself heading a deputation from York to
Fountains Abbey, to win support for Wykeham from the powerful
Cistercian abbots. Ignoring advice, he places his old comrade Ned
Townley in charge of the fellow company to Rievaulx, hoping to dispel
rumours of Ned's involvement in a mysterious death.
But just days out of York trouble erupts: a friar and Ned both
vanish, following news of murder at Windsor. Owen asks John Thoresby,
at Court in his role as Lord Chancellor, for help, little knowing it
will involve him with the King's mistress, Alice Perrers, ever a
dangerous enemy...
Candace Robb has read and researched medieval history for many years,
having studied for a Ph. D in Medieval and Anglo-Saxon Literature. She
is the author of nine Owen Archer novels and three Margaret Kerr
Mysteries.
