The Tainted Relic

Начало книги

In which Bernard Knight relates dark deeds in Exeter during the reign of Richard Coeur-de-Lion.

Act Two –

In which Ian Morson offers a labyrinthine tale of Oxford in the thirteenth century.

Act Three –

In which Michael Jecks spins a web of intrigue in the county of Devon in the year 1323.

Act Four –

In which Susanna Gregory recounts strange events in Cambridge in the middle of the fourteenth century.

Act Five –

In which Philip Gooden takes the stage in London at the time of Will Shakespeare.

Epilogue -

In which Bernard Knight comes up to modern times.

Jerusalem, July 1100

Jerusalem had fallen to the Crusader armies, and the Holy City was in Christian hands at last. Already, even though only two days had passed since the infidel had been defeated, messengers were riding hard northward to take the momentous news to the Pope and the western kings, proclaiming to the world that God had delivered a great victory into the deserving hands of the invincible, glorious soldiers of His holy war.

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