P. C Doherty
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November, 1471. With Edward of York on the English throne and her son, Henry Tudor, in exile in Brittany, the newly-widowed Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond, is alone, without protectors. All she can do is wait and watch, planning for a time when she's in a position to make her move. But new dangers are emerging. En route to England is a band of Spanish mercenaries known as the Garduna. With no allegiance to prince, prelate or people, they...
2) Candle flame
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February, 1381. London lies frozen in the grip of one of the bitterest winters on record. The ever-rising taxes demanded by the Regent, John of Gaunt, are causing increasing resentment among the city's poor. When the seething unrest boils over into a bloody massacre at a splendid Southwark tavern, The Candle Flame, in which nine people, including Gaunt's tax collectors, their military escort and the prostitutes entertaining them, are brutally murdered,...
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314 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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England, 1303. Sir Hugh Corbett is summoned to a scene of bloody mayhem and murder: Wilhelm Von Paulents, a representative of the Hanseatic League, and his wife, son and a clerk have been barbarously assassinated. The "Carta Mysteriosa"--A collection of valuable and detailed maps and sea charts--have not been stolen. So why were the murders committed and by whom? Corbett investigates and, once again, he enters the world of shadows to confront the...
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Margaret Beaufort mysteries volume 1
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213 pages ; 23 cm.
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"First in a brand-new historical mystery series featuring Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII and matriarch of the Tudor dynasty ... May, 1471. The Wars of the Roses are reaching their bitter and bloody climax. Edward of York has claimed the English throne, and his supporters are extracting a savage revenge on all who supported the Lancastrian cause. Surrounded by enemies wherever she turns, the position of Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond...
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xvi, 304 pages : map ; 22 cm.
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Amerotke, Chief Judge in the Hall of Two Truths, must protect the people he loves while also unraveling different strands of greed and treason to track down the leader of a fanatical cult of Nubian worshipers commiting acts of terrorism and murder in the capital of Thebes during the 15th century B.C.E.