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Condizione: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Condizione: Very Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Headline 2001 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine else Fine book in like Dust Jacket ''Stumbling upon a roadside execution, Chaucer's pilgrims witness a hanging that leaves the carpenter in a dead faint. That evening, as the travellers rest in a priory, he narrates a Gloucester hangman's terrifying tale of supernatural murder. ''. Book.

hardcover. First Edition. Fine in fine Dust Jacket. Second mystery of Brother Athelstan set in the 14th Century.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. Headline 1997 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine book in slightly creased, price-clipped, Dust Jacket ''Matthias Fitzosbert is the illegitimate son of the parish priest of the village of Sutton Courteny. Despite the recent spate of murders near the village, each day he braves the dark woods that lead to the ruins of Tenebral to visit his friend, a mysterious hermit who shows him many strange and beautiful things and who tells him about Rosifer, the fallen angel who was God's gardener. ''. Book.

First Edition. A Brother Athelstan mystery VG+ in VG jacket which has a tiny closed tear at the upper corner of the front flap.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hale 1990 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine, previous owner's name and smudge on front free end paper and page edges lightly browned else Fine book in slightly rubbed Dust Jacket with a couple of tears. ''The mystery of the Princes in the Tower. Did they die? Were they killed? Or did they escape? This novel offers and dramatic and intriguing solution and an original interpretation of documentary and archaeological evidence. ''. Book.

Hard Cover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. First US. 1st Am. Very slight spine slant else fine in dj. Being the 2nd of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan. 1st Am. Very slight spine slant else fine in dj. Being the 2nd of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan. It is June, 1362 and along with his Falstaffian partner, Coroner Sir John Cranston, Athelstan returns in a new mystery that pits them against a secret killer lurking in the Tower of London. Inside the Tower, the dreaded Constable, Sir Ralph Whitton, is dead -- his throat slit in his own locked room under the noses of his own guards. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. Hale 1990 First Edition First Printing Slightly bumped at top and bruised at base of spine else Fine book in slightly creased and worn Dust Jacket, with a hint of erosion at the top corners and with the red spine lettering faded ''The mystery of the Princes in the Tower. Did they die? Were they killed? Or did they escape? This novel offers and dramatic and intriguing solution and an original interpretation of documentary and archaeological evidence. ''. Book.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: fine. First UK edition. Fine and fresh, unread copy in equally fine, illustrated dust jacket. The (true) UK first edition. Hardcover. 248 pp. The first book in this series of historical medieval mysteries set in 14th Century Britain, featuring Brother Athlestan. In 1375, the famed Black Prince, favored son of the warrior King Edward III, has died of the terrible rotting sickness. The king becomes a bitter old man, deserted by everyone, including his mistress, who robbed him of any finery for good measure. Now the crown of England is left in the hands of a young Richard II, who is quickly surrounded by vultures like Regent John of Gaunt, launching a bitter power struggle. A powerful merchant Prince of London, ensnared in the struggle, is foully murdered in his mansion within days of the king's death, and the Falstaffaian coroner is ordered to investigate. Sir John Cranston and a Dominican monk friar, Brother Athlestan, move from the lush mansions of the Strand to the seedy underworld of medieval London to unravel the dark web of intrigue.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Hale 1986 First Edition First Printing (Library Binding Variant - Blue Leatherette boards and yellow top-page-edges) Page edges a little browned else Fine book in Fine Dust Jacket ''. In 1284 the King's interest was roused by the murder in the City of Ralph Crepyn by Lawrence Duket, who then apparently committed suicide. The King, deeply suspicious about the murder, ordered an investigation into the events. A clerk, Hugh Corbett is chosen to conduct this investigation, and is soon drawn into the dark and dangerous underworld of medieval London. ''. Book.