Corpse Candle (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 13): A gripping medieval mystery of monks and murder

by Paul Doherty

Overview

The thirteenth thrilling tale in the Hugh Corbett series. The Brothers of the abbey of St Martin's-in-the-Marsh usually pay little heed to the tales of robber baron Sir Geoffrey Mandeville's ghost galloping through the Lincolnshire fens with a retinue of ghastly horsemen. They may hear the shrill blast of a phantom hunting horn, or see the corpse candles glowing in the dark, but none really accepts the peasants' belief that these flickering lights can forewarn men of their own deaths. The monks are protected by the monastery's high wall and their powerful abbot - a friend of King Edward I - and, although their leaders sometimes argue over the abbey's future, their lives are peaceful and comfortable. But then Abbot Stephen is found murdered in his chamber, with the door and windows locked from the inside, and Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, arrives to investigate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780755350407
Publisher:	Headline Book Publishing, Limited
Publication date:	10/30/2012
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	83,995
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesborough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.