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The Hangman’s Hymn

by Paul Doherty Book 5 in the Canterbury Tales Mysteries series.

First published 2001

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During their pilgrimage, Chaucer’s company comes upon an execution whose grim spectacle leaves the carpenter badly shaken. That evening he tells a darker story about a Gloucester hangman drawn into the secret punishment of three women accused of witchcraft, an act followed by a succession of violent deaths.

The tale unfolds in the troubled England of Richard II, where fear of sorcery, private vengeance and official punishment can become dangerously entangled. As the killings accumulate, the question is not simply whether a curse exists but who has reason to turn the memory of an execution into a weapon against the living.

Historical Periods

Reign of Richard II1377–1399 CE

Genres

Crime & Mystery Gothic Fiction

Historical people

Geoffrey Chaucer1343–1400

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