The Faithful Dead

An elderly pilgrim dies in Hawkenlye Vale. Nothing suspicious about that: he was gravely ill when he arrived. Meanwhile Josse d'Acquin has a visit from Prince John. Accompanied by his seer, the Prince urgently seeks news of a stranger, Galbertius Sidonius. Hurrying to Hawkenlye Abbey to enlist the Abbess Helewise's help, Josse finds that she has a problem of her own: a decomposing body has been discovered. Naked, and killed by an expert hand. Josse's brother, Yves, arrives; a visitor at Acquin has been asking for the brothers' father, Geoffroi, who went to Outremer with King Louis and Queen Eleanor. Josse, Yves and the Abbess are hurled into a mystery whose roots stretch back much further than the Second Crusade. And, watching them with his strange dark eyes, is the enigmatic figure of the Prince's Magister...

ISBN 0340793309   Pages 320 ISBN13 9780340793305 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Hodder & Stoughton General Division   Weight (grammes) 170 Imprint New English Library Ltd   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Hawkenlye Mysteries (Paperback) Publication date 23 Jun 2003   Height (mm) 179 Library of Congress PR6053, PR6053   Width (mm) 113 DEWEY 823.92   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General

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