Figure of Hate: 9 - Brossura

Knight, Bernard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0743492145 ISBN 13: 9780743492140

Casa editrice: Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2005

Riassunto

In 1195, high-spirited young knights, drunken squires, pickpockets, and horse thieves are pouring into Exeter for a one-day jousting tournament. Not even the discovery of a naked corpse in the River Exe can spoil the excitement. During the tournament, there is a serious altercation between Hugo Peverel, a manor lord from Tiverton, and a Frenchman by the name of Reginald de Charterai. When, two days later, Sir Hugo’s blood-soaked body is found in a barn on his estate, de Charterai would seem the obvious culprit. But there’s no shortage of people who wished the despised Hugo dead. All three of his brothers have a motive, as do his stepmother and his attractive young widow. And just what is the connection between Sir Hugo’s murder and the battered body in the River Exe? With so many suspects from which to choose, Sir John is confronted with one of the most difficult cases of his distinguished career.

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Recensione:

'FIGURE OF HATE is well up to Bernard Knight's usual high standard . . . as usual, professor KNIGHT gives his narrative and settings an authentic 'feel', and is not afraid to depict the 12th century in all its rawness' HISTORICAL NOVELS REVIEW May 05

L'autore:

Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, became a Home Office Pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. During his 40-year career with the Home Office, he performed over 25,000 autopsies, and was involved in many high profile cases, including that of Fred and Rose West, and the child killer, Mary Bell. The author of numerous popular and academic non-fiction books, he has written thirteen novels in the Crowner John mystery series. Professor Knight lives in Cardiff.

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• Editore: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743492145
• ISBN 13: 9780743492140
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400