Unavailable
Unavailable
Unavailable
Ebook417 pages6 hours
Figure of Hate
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
4/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
Coroner Sir John investigates the murder of a man with too many enemies to count in this pacey, twisty instalment in the Crowner John medieval mystery series, set in twelfth-century England.
Exeter, 1195. High-spirited young knights, drunken squires, pickpockets and horse thieves are pouring into the city for an exciting one-day jousting tournament. Not even a serious altercation between Sir Hugo Peverel, a manor lord from nearby Tiverton, and a mysterious Frenchman, Reginald de Charterai, can spoil the fun.
Two days later, however, Sir Hugo’s body is found in a barn, stabbed in the back. De Charterai seems the obvious culprit, but the county coroner, Sir John de Wolfe, soon discovers there’s no shortage of people who wished the almost universally hated Hugo dead. All three of his brothers have a motive: two for his title, and one for Hugo’s attractive young wife, Beatrice. Mistreated Beatrice had good reason herself to despatch her cheating husband – as did several prominent villagers whose lives Hugo ruined. With so many suspects to choose from, Sir John is confronted with one of the most difficult cases of his distinguished career.
Exeter, 1195. High-spirited young knights, drunken squires, pickpockets and horse thieves are pouring into the city for an exciting one-day jousting tournament. Not even a serious altercation between Sir Hugo Peverel, a manor lord from nearby Tiverton, and a mysterious Frenchman, Reginald de Charterai, can spoil the fun.
Two days later, however, Sir Hugo’s body is found in a barn, stabbed in the back. De Charterai seems the obvious culprit, but the county coroner, Sir John de Wolfe, soon discovers there’s no shortage of people who wished the almost universally hated Hugo dead. All three of his brothers have a motive: two for his title, and one for Hugo’s attractive young wife, Beatrice. Mistreated Beatrice had good reason herself to despatch her cheating husband – as did several prominent villagers whose lives Hugo ruined. With so many suspects to choose from, Sir John is confronted with one of the most difficult cases of his distinguished career.
Unavailable
Author
Bernard Knight
Bernard Knight is a retired Home Office pathologist renowned for his work on such high-profile cases as the Fred and Rosemary West murders. Bernard is the author of the ‘Crowner John’ series, as well as the Dr Richard Pryor forensic mystery series.
Read more from Bernard Knight
A Plague of Heretics Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Crowner Royal Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related to Figure of Hate
Related ebooks
Figure of Hate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Noble Outlaw, The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Witch Hunter Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elixir of Death, The Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Tale of Two Cities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGrim Reaper, The Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Celebrated Claimants from Perkin Warbeck to Arthur Orton Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities: Enhanced eBook Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFear in the Forest Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5An Orkney Maid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOffa and the Mercian Wars: The Rise and Fall of the First Great English Kingdom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5History of England for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Mystery of King John's Treasure Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTudor Lives: Success and Failure of an Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Life and Reign of Edward I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMedieval Punishments: An Illustrated History of Torture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Child's History of England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities (Unabridged with the original illustrations by Phiz) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Tale of Two Cities (Barnes & Noble Collectible Editions) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Life of Oliver Cromwell Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Child’s History of England Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities (Illustrated Edition) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Tale of Two Cities: Illustrated Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEdward I Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCharles Dickens, Collection novels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCollected Novels Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Novels of Charles Dickens Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMajor Works of Charles Dickens: Great Expectations; Hard Times; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; Bleak House; A Tale of Two Cities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Medieval Fiction For You
Enemy of God: A Novel of Arthur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Excalibur: A Novel of Arthur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nottingham: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Secular Wizard: A Wizard in Rhyme, #4 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Help Me Understand Dante's Inferno!: Includes Summary of Poem and Modern Translation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHowls From the Dark Ages: An Anthology of Medieval Horror Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Winter King: A Novel of Arthur Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Be a Scottish Mistress Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Narcissus and Goldmund: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Lady of the Loch: A page-turning, unforgettable timeslip novel from Elena Collins Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Lawless Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe King Arthur Trilogy Book One: Dragon's Child Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Burning Land: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Viking: The Viking Series, #1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Agincourt, 1415: Field of Blood Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fates Will Find Their Way: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iron King Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Avalon: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Greatest Knight: The Unsung Story of the Queen's Champion Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King Arthur Trilogy Book Three: The Bloody Cup Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The King Arthur Trilogy Book Two: Warrior of the West Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Night Tiger: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mr. Emerson's Wife: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Last Hours: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Chronicles of Brother Cadfael Volume One: A Morbid Taste for Bones, One Corpse Too Many, and Monk's Hood Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBaudolino: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Byzantium Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Good Wife of Bath: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Merlin Prophecy Book One: Battle of Kings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Figure of Hate
Rating: 4.0208325 out of 5 stars
4/5
24 ratings2 reviews
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A good mystery filled with intrigue and twists and turns. The ending is always a surprise. The characters are interesting and the history is rich.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A general review of this series:This is back in the good old days of law enforcement, when trial by combat was definitive and would-be plea bargainers had to fight their accomplice(s) to the death.I find these books fascinating as living history, perhaps even more than as mysteries. Knight always starts off with a glossary of terms. The period is not romanticized, but neither is it overly repulsive. Sir John de Wolfe went crusading with Richard the Lionheart. Now back in England, he has been appointed to the newly reconstituted office of Crowner (Coroner). He fights a pitched battle with his corrupt, treacherous brother-in-law, the Sheriff, over official territory. He is very unhappily married to Matilda, his incompatible wife; their relationship makes sleeping in peasant huts while on duty a treat. One of the things that makes it interesting, is that although Sir John is the central character, and presumably to be regarded with sympathy, his marital problems are not entirely blamed upon his wife. The characters are generally somewhat complex.John is assisted in his duties by his gigantic man of arms, Gywn of Polruan, and his clerk, Thomas de Payne, a frail, defrocked priest.