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Rated 5 starsThe Cross-legged knight by Candace Robb
Excellent addition to her medieval series which is very evocative of the era and place, to me. Fine storytellng and character continuity from book to book about Owen Archer and the mix of political situations and villany that is sorted out on several levels throughout the book.
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Rated 5 starsWell Researched, Well Written
As I only live 20 miles from York where most of these books are set, I can perhaps visualise better than most the area of England the books take place in. Many of the streets of York mentioned in the books are still there and of the course so is the Minster. Owen Archer the lead character in the book is a Welsh longbow man who works for a high church dignitary and spends some of his spare time helping in his wife's apothecary...
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Rated 5 starsRobb rises to the occasion!
It's the eight episode for Candace Robb's quintessential medieval spy Owen Archer andneither the author nor the character seems to be slowing down.Archer, the trusted one-eyed spy for the Archbishop of York, is once again thrust into themaelstrom of deadly struggles between the Lancasters and the Church. What is a spy,married to York's only female apothecary, to do?Whatever direction he choose, he's bound to find a puzzle...
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Rated 5 starsMedieval Murder
Owen Archer is back in York, after a long sojourn in Wales. His apothocary wife, Lucy, has just lost a baby and is mourning its death. In York the Archbishop Wykeham has the ire of the Duke of Gaunt on his head and he fears that the powerful Lancasterian is trying to kill him. Archer finds himself in the midst of the feud and must rely on his friends to help him but make sure that no harm comes to them. It is a pleasure...
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Rated 5 starsfascinating historical mystery
In England in 1371, the Bishop of Winchester, William of Wykeham, wants to regain his position of lord chancellor of the realm if he can avoid the plots against him led by John of Gault, Duke of Lancaster. William and his entourage travel to the palace of the Archbishop hoping to make peace with the Pagnell family who blame him for their father's death in a French prison. The family believes the Bishop stole some of the...
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