Crowner’s Crusade

Name: Crowner’s Crusade
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by Bernard Knight

Book 1 in the Crowner John Mysteries series.

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In 1192, Devon knight John de Wolfe accompanies Richard I away from the Holy Land at the end of the Third Crusade. The dangerous return journey and the king’s absence leave John exposed to the wider contest over the English succession.

Back in Devon, John finds the country unsettled by Prince John’s attempt to exploit his brother’s captivity. When a murdered royal courier is washed from the River Exe, Hubert Walter asks him to discover what message was being carried and who intercepted it, beginning the work that will lead to John’s appointment as county coroner.