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The Prophecy of Death
First published 2008
Baldwin and Simon return from France carrying urgent information for Edward II, but their service draws them deeper into the king’s attempt to secure his authority. A prophecy concerning sacred oil and royal legitimacy becomes valuable to factions seeking either to strengthen or to undermine him.
Deaths around the court force the investigators to trace how belief has been converted into political evidence. Hugh Despenser’s power and the threat posed by Isabella and Mortimer mean that the solution cannot be separated from the approaching struggle over who may lawfully command England.
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