Paul C. Doherty

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Edward I of England and Philip IV of France are at war. Philip has managed to take over the English duchy of Aquitaine, and is committed to crushing Eduardo with all the means at his disposal. The English king suspects that his enemy has the help of a spy who moves his wide through the London court, and orders Hugo Corbett to locate and, if possible, destroy the traitor. A company that will make you take serious risks by land and by sea, and that leads Corbett to the dangerous low funds of Paris and later to the hostile environment of Wales.

In 1376 the Black Prince died of a terrible illness, and soon his father, Edward III, was followed by him, who was already old and bitter. The crown of England remains in the hands of a boy, the future Richard II, who is soon threatened by the great nobles headed by the Duke of Lancaster, regent and uncle of Richard. A terrible struggle for power begins, in which the prelates of the Church and the powerful trade princes of London are involved. The investigation of the horrible murder of one of these within a few days of the king's death is entrusted to Sir John Cranston, the coroner of the city

At Christmas 1377 London is caught by cold and snow, and even Thames is ice from one shore to another. Revenge lurks around the Tower of London, where its constable, Sir Ralph Whitton, appears brutally killed in the most strange circumstances. Fray Athelstan and the city's forensic obese, Sir John Cranston, a lover of good life and good wine, are commissioned to investigate this mystery.

In the early summer of 1379, Sir John Cranston, a coroner of the city of London, was invited to a great banquet at the regent's palace on the banks of the Thames. There the noble Galeazzo, Lord of Cremona, challenges him to solve a mysterious murder within two weeks. Understanding that all his fame and future wealth depend on the clarification of that mystery, Cranston requests the help of FrayAthelstan. The Dominican, however, has its own serious riddles to clarify in his parish and in the convent of his order.

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In the autumn of 1379, the power of the crown is in the hands of John of Ghent, Duke of Lancaster, and in the kingdom discontent grows. The French attack the ports of the south and the economic difficulties are felt in the field, where a rebellion is built led by the mysterious head of the Great Community of the kingdom, who proclaims himself Ira Dei, that is, the cholera of God. Ambushed by all this and an unexplained series of crimes, Ghent has no solution but to resort to John Cranston and Fray Athelstan.

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Winter of 1379. Sir John Cranston is overwhelmed by all kinds of problems: not only does he have to pronounce a sentence on an alleged case of witchcraft, but he is also totally disconcerted by the crimes of a cunning criminal. Fray Athelstan, his scribe and friend, is preparing the representation of a religious mystery and at the same time trying to calm the spirits of his parish council, for they all want to interpret the role of God. Such concerns however lose their importance when all men who make up the night guard of the warship The clear light of God mysteriously disappears. Sir John and Fray Athelstan are responsible for the investigation of the events on board.

In the spring of 1380, Parliament discussed the possible granting of financial aid to the regent Juan de Ghent for his war against the French. However, the members of the House of Commons are obstinately contrary to their demands. The situation is aggravated when three representatives of Shrewsbury County are vaguely killed. Juan de Ghent commissioned the investigation to the city's coroner Sir John Cranston and his secretary, Fra Athestan.

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During the summer of 1380, the body of the young scribe of the Chancellery of the Green Wax, Edwin Chapler is found in the waters of the Thames. Shortly after, the implacable usurper Bartholomew Drayton appears dead in his inextricable accounts. How did they get to kill him? Who's the killer? Do both of you have a relationship? Sir John Craston and Fra Athelstan are commissioned to investigate the murders, first of a series of deaths in which the killer was a macabre party with the victims and with the talent of Fra Athelstan himself.

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During the summer of 1380, a French stranger's body appears in a lone and lone London building known as the Devil's Domain. Accompanied by Sir Maurice Maltravers, who reveals himself more as a hindrance than as a help, Sir John Cranston and his faithful companion, Fra. Athelstan, are facing an amazing and gruesome mystery that can only have been a perfid but sharp mind. Maybe the perfect crime.

When a prostitute and a preacher decide to spend the night in a house in ruins, the last thing they expect is to witness a crime and that cost them their lives. No less surprising it is to Fra Athelstan that three bodies appear at the door of his parish. In case of little, the confession of a young woman accused of murder reveals the existence of several human remains in a meadow next to the Thames. The dead accumulate and John Cranston is desperate: he cannot take a step without stumbling into a new deceased. The city of London has become a blood field where all are suspected of murder.

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In the late autumn of 1380, the wishful Fra Athelstan is back in preparation for the traditional representation of a Christmas mystery. Meanwhile, during a crazy party in a fonda, the bodies of a family of prostitutes are found and John Cranston is charged with the investigation, which, otherwise, is reused to the help of Fray Athelstan. Athellan will have to face a complicated investigation: on the one hand, the emergence of new bodies, and

December 1380. Sir Robert Kilverby appears dead in a closed room inside. He had a valuable relic made of "blood stone" that he was planning to donate to the Abbey of Saint Fulcher-on- Thames, but the relic has disappeared. Fray Athelstan suspects Sir Robert's former comrades who - along with him - stole the stone during the war against France