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Category Archives: Brother Athelstan
The House of Crows by Paul Harding aka Paul Doherty
1380, London. A candle, an arrowhead and a message – “Remember”. This is all the warning the members of the Knights of the Swan receive before being brutally murdered. Summoned to London from Shropshire to sit in Parliament to discuss … Continue reading
More Sherlock – Recommended Reading
I seem to have attracted a large number of extra visitors thanks to my review of the first episode of series two of Sherlock, A Scandal in Belgravia – it’s currently my 13th most visited post out of 144 after … Continue reading
By Murder’s Bright Light by Paul Harding aka Paul Doherty
And, after a very careful count, we come to my 99th book review of my first year of my blog – and it’s those men again – Brother Athelstan, Sir John Cranston and, of course, Paul Doherty. I’m trying to … Continue reading
Bloodstone by Paul Doherty
In the aftermath of the battle of Poitiers, a group of mercenaries, the Wyvern Company, returned from France with a sacred ruby, alleged to have formed from Christ’s blood while he was on the cross. This Bloodstone is passed into … Continue reading
The Anger of God by Paul Harding aka Paul Doherty
As the more observant of you may have noticed, I’m having a bit of a Medieval season of reviews at the moment. It struck me as fair play to have a look at the alternatives to Paul Doherty, just in … Continue reading
Murder Most Holy by Paul Harding aka Paul Doherty
Brother Athelstan has three problems to deal with. A skeleton has been found under the flagstones in his parish church – which promptly demonstrates miraculous healing properties. Sir John Cranston has accepted a 1000 crown wager to solve the case … Continue reading
The House of the Red Slayer aka The Red Slayer by Paul Harding aka Paul Doherty
It’s 1377 and Sir Ralph Whitton, the Constable of the Tower of London, has locked himself away in an isolated, guarded room in fear of his life. As you may well guess, this isn’t enough protection from the mysterious assassin … Continue reading
The Nightingale Gallery by Paul Harding aka Paul Doherty
Edward III has died, leaving the throne in the hands of his ten-year old son Richard, as watched over by Edward’s brother, John of Gaunt. But Gaunt has secrets, a fact that Sir Thomas Springall knows only too well. Before … Continue reading
The Field of Blood by Paul Doherty
Brother Athelstan is the priest of St Erconwald’s in Southwark in the 1380s during the reign of Richard II, and, to pass the time, he is also the secretary of Sir John Cranston, the coroner of the City of London. … Continue reading
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