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Cruel as the Grave

by Sharon Kay Penman
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April 1193.
England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard's younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal "queen's man," Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible - mediate a truce with her rebel son.
Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddler's daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangell"s craven killer to justice?

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Series: Justin de Quincey Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.

Kindle Book

  • Release date: October 22, 2010

OverDrive Read

  • ISBN: 9781429982153
  • Release date: October 22, 2010

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  • ISBN: 9781429982153
  • File size: 354 KB
  • Release date: October 22, 2010
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Fiction Mystery

Languages

English

April 1193.
England's King Richard Lionheart languishes in a German prison, and treason scents the air. Richard's younger brother, John, seizes Windsor Castle, and Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine summons her trusted personal "queen's man," Justin de Quincy, to do the impossible - mediate a truce with her rebel son.
Amid such fateful events, the murder of a Welsh peddler's daughter seems small. But the cruel demise of the beautiful Melangell so troubles Justin that not even a threatened French invasion can keep him from investigating her death. Yet can he bring Melangell"s craven killer to justice?

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Fiction Mystery