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A Feast of Poisons

by Paul Doherty Book 7 in the Kathryn Swinbrooke Mysteries series.

First published 2004

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In the Kent village of Walmer, blacksmith Elias and his wife Isabella die on the same day from two different poisons. Their violent marriage and separate affairs provide no shortage of suspects, but the circumstances are too carefully arranged for Kathryn Swinbrooke to accept the obvious explanations.

Kathryn and her husband, Colum Murtagh, are in Walmer while Lord Henry Beauchamp receives envoys from Louis XI of France on behalf of Edward IV. The diplomatic meeting brings its own secrets and dangers, and the murder inquiry becomes entangled with Yorkist politics, hidden loyalties and a bargaining mission whose outcome could affect relations with France.

Historical Periods

Yorkist England1461–1485 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Social & Domestic Fiction

Historical people

Elizabeth Woodville1437–1492 Louis XI of France1423–1483

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