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A Tapestry of Murders

by Paul Doherty Book 2 in the Canterbury Tales Mysteries series.

First published 1994

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As Chaucer’s pilgrims travel towards Canterbury, the Man of Law tells a story set in 1358 around the death of Isabella of France, widow of Edward II and mother of Edward III. Her final years at Castle Rising have been shadowed by the memory of Roger Mortimer, whose fall and execution followed their seizure of power decades earlier.

After Isabella’s death, lawyer Nicholas Chirke is drawn into a sequence of suspicious events connected with her household, property and surviving secrets. What begins as a legal inquiry becomes a murder investigation in which documents, old loyalties and the dangerous legacy of royal scandal matter as much as physical evidence.

Historical Periods

Reign of Richard II1377–1399 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Gothic Fiction

Historical people

Geoffrey Chaucer1343–1400

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