It is late summer in the year 1270 and England is as weary as its aging king, Henry III. Although the Simon de Montfort rebellion is over, the smell of death still hangs like smoke over the land. Even in the small priory of Tyndal on...
Monasticism and religious orders
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:A nun and a monk defy death and dishonor at her family’s Welsh fortress. In the winter of 1271, Death stalks the corridors of Wynethorpe Castle on the Welsh border. When the Grim Reaper touches the beloved grandson of the castle lord,...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:The murder victim, a newcomer, was disliked in Tyndal village, and no one wants one of their own hanged for the deed. Fingers quickly point to a Jewish family, refugees under the relocation provisions of King Edward’s Statute of the...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:As the autumn storms of 1271 ravage the East Anglian coast, Crowner Ralf finds the corpse of a brutally murdered soldier in the woods near Tyndal Priory. The dagger in the man’s chest is engraved with a strange, cursive design, and the...
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Author:Boivin, ChristianSummary:Sokar est un fermier de seize ans qui habite à Bohmstad avec ses parents adoptifs. Il rêve d’avoir une vie d’aventures et d’intrigues, tout en sachant que ce rêve lui est inaccessible. Jusqu’à ce qu’il croise Viggen, un maître de l’...
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Author:Boivin, ChristianSummary:Sokar éprouve des difficultés à s’adapter à son nouveau maître au Monastère portuaire. En effet, il est encore en deuil de Viggen, son précédent maître, et il trouve que son apprentissage ne progresse pas assez vite à son goût. De plus...
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Sokar poursuit sa formation au Monastère volcanique et dès son arrivée, le Grand Maître lui assigne un nouveau mentor. Toutefois, cette nomination est une surprise pour tous; elle ne laisse personne indifférent. Au fil des jours, maître...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:A royal birth, a nobleman's death, and a scarlet woman's murder In March 1279 Edward I takes a break from hammering the Welsh and bearing down on England's Jews to vacation in Gloucestershire. The royal party breaks the...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:It is May of 1272, and Prioress Eleanor, recovering from a near-fatal winter fever, returns to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt in time for the Feast of Saint Melor. Although Eleanor hopes to regain her strength in the midst of...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:The summer of 1273 is peaceful for most of England, except in the village of Tyndal where Martin the cooper has been poisoned at the local inn. Could the murderer be his usual whore who is about to be tossed aside for another woman? Or...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:In the Spring of 1277, Prioress Eleanor goes on a pilgrimage to a famous East Anglian shrine. There are rumors that King Edward may also visit the shrine soon to seek God’s blessing for his invasion of Wales. Lurking in this sacred...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:When one of her company falls ill on a return journey to Tyndal, Prioress Eleanor accepts lodging at a nearby manor. Master Stevyns’ wife is having an affair with the groom while a local widow acts more the lady of the manor than the...
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Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:When Baron Herbert returns from crusade he grows increasingly morose and withdraws from his family. When his sons begin to die in strange accidents, questions are asked whether Herbert harbors a dark sin for which God has cursed him....
