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Falconer’s Crusade

by Ian Morson Book 1 in the William Falconer Medieval Mysteries series.

First published 1994

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Oxford, winter 1264. As Henry III’s conflict with the barons moves towards civil war, new student Thomas Symon is mistaken for the killer of a young woman. Regent Master William Falconer rescues him from a mob and treats the accusation as a problem to be tested rather than accepted.

When three students are also murdered, Falconer searches the university’s rival halls, religious factions and political networks for the connection between the deaths. The investigation introduces an Oxford divided by town–gown hostility, antisemitism and baronial politics, while establishing Falconer’s habit of using observation and experiment against rumour.

Historical Periods

Second Barons’ War1264–1267 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

Henry III of England1207–1272 Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester1208–1265

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