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Falconer and the Great Beast

by Ian Morson Book 5 in the William Falconer Medieval Mysteries series.

First published 1998

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Oxford, 1268. A Mongol delegation arrives seeking an audience with Henry III, unsettling a town already fascinated by the king’s elephant and suspicious of strangers. Falconer is appointed to receive the envoys, but negotiations collapse after their leader, Chimbai, stages an apparent resurrection and is then killed by an arrow.

A mutilated friar appears to confirm accusations of ritual violence against the visitors. Falconer rejects the easy explanation and examines the embassy, royal agents and Oxford’s prejudices, uncovering a plot hidden behind staged wonders and political fear.

Historical Periods

Mongol Empire1206–1368 CE Reign of Henry III of England1216–1272 CE Thirteenth-Century Oxford and the Early Universityc. 1200–1300 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Crime & Mystery Historical Thriller

Historical people

Kublai Khan1215–1294 Henry III of England1207–1272

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