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A Psalm for Falconer

by Ian Morson Book 4 in the William Falconer Medieval Mysteries series.

First published 1997

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England, 1268. Falconer leaves Oxford to examine scientific manuscripts associated with Robert Grosseteste at a remote priory beside Lancaster Bay. His arrival coincides with the recovery of a monk’s skeleton from the tidal sands, revealing a murder concealed for fifteen years.

Missing books, monastic ambition and a new killing suggest that the old crime remains dangerous. While Falconer investigates within the priory, Ann Segrim and Peter Bullock confront a separate death at an Oxford nunnery, linking the novel’s mysteries through enclosed religious communities and the secrets protected by their authority.

Historical Periods

Monastic Europec. 500–1500 CE Reign of Henry III of England1216–1272 CE Thirteenth-Century Oxford and the Early Universityc. 1200–1300 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Gothic Fiction Historical Thriller

Historical people

Robert Grosseteste

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