The Corpse at Windsor Bridge (A Stephen Attebrook mystery Book 10)

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Author : Jason Vail
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Summary : Two weeks after Father Giles de Twet disappeared, his rotting corpse is found in the River Thames beneath the bridge at medieval Windsor, weighed down by a block of stone. Stephen Attebrook, a one-time coroner now at loose ends, finds himself in the wrong place at the wrong time after he agrees to escort a herd of cattle from Ludlow to Windsor to feed King Henry's army, which is preparing for civil war. Edward orders Stephen to find Father Giles' killer.Meanwhile, Stephen's arch enemy, Percival FitzAllan, the earl of Arundel, has brought Stephen's niece Ida to Windsor as his captive to petition the king to make the beautiful young woman his ward. FitzAllan's ultimate plan -- marry Ida to a retainer to gain control of Hafton Manor, Stephen and Ida's home.Stephen struggles to solve the murder while risking his life and his fortune to shield Ida from a loathsome marriage.

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Author : Charles James Fèret
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Summary : This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Author : Jason Vail
Genre : Coroners

Summary : Stephen Attebrook, a crippled knight facing poverty and ruin, seems condemned to a quiet life when he takes a position as deputy coroner in the small medieval town of Ludlow. But instead, he plunges into a web of murder, espionage and intrigue.A death Attebrook rules an accidental drowning turns out to be a murder, and he must find the killer with little evidence pointing the way.Then a commission to return a runaway apprentice pitches him into the midst of a conflict between a rebellious earl and King Henry III that is about to erupt into civil war.Caught up in the twilight struggle among spies readying for war, Attebrook races to defend the apprentice against a charge of murder while dodging killers in the employ of one of the factions.Thirteenth century England has never been brought more vividly to life than in the pages of The Wayward Apprentice.

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Author : Jason Vail
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Summary : Eustace FitzWalter, Giselle de Hafton, and Robert Attebrook could not be more different. Eustace is the bastard son of an earl, Giselle the sheltered daughter of a dotting gentry father, and Robert the son of an impoverished village carpenter. In ordinary times, their lives would not intersect. But when Robert breaks his uncle out of Earl Roger FitzWalter's gaol, he sets in motion a series of events that sends their lives colliding in a maelstrom of murder and revenge that drives them all outside the laws and customs of England. Step into the tumultuous years of the Twelfth Century, and stand alongside Eustace as he schemes to inherit his father's title, lands, and power, using every means within his grasp; Giselle as she fights to free herself from a forced marriage and to save her inheritance; and Robert as he struggles to rise above the limitations of his birth in the face of Eustace's quest for vengeance. A saga to rival Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth, The Outlaws sweeps from serene English villages and quiet forest glens, to French battlefields, remote Welsh fortresses, and even the court of King Henry II, where nobles and clergy vie for power and wealth, and disputes are often decided with steel and blood. The Outlaws is sure to please fans of the Stephen Attebrook mysteries, for it reveals the truth about the founding of the powerful Attebrook family - a secret that family would sooner forget.

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Author : Sir Nicholas Harris Nicolas
Genre : England

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Author : Jason Vail
Genre : Middle Ages

Summary : The war that England had feared for months begins during the summer of 1263 not with a clash of great armies, but with little spasms of violence across the land as small bodies of troops loyal to the barons gathering around Simon de Montfort and King Henry III attack their foes here and there about the country. Even such a minor family as the Attebrooks of Hafton Manor cannot avoid being drawn in, as Stephen Attebrook's elder brother, William, takes part in an assault on a castle held by the Bishop of Hereford, one of the King's staunch supporters. But the coming war is the last thing on Stephen's mind that June. For a dead girl whom no one can identify is found floating in the River Teme at the Dinham mill, drowned under circumstances that only the most addle-witted could think was anything but murder. There is no time, however, for Stephen and his friend Gilbert Wistwode to devote to the fate of that poor girl, for an even more pressing dilemma is forced upon them - unknown ruffians traveling with a bear wagon have kidnapped Stephen's niece, Ida, William's daughter. Despite the bad blood between the two brothers, William seeks Stephen's assistance it finding Ida. And so begins the desperate pursuit of the bear wagon across England, reaching to the depths of London itself and far into Norfolk, as Stephen races to find Ida before she meets a fate worse than murder. "The Bear Wagon" is the story of Stephen's most complex and dangerous adventure yet.

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Author : Jason Vail
Genre : Clun (England)

Summary : The date is November 1262 and war is coming to the March, the wild borderland between England and Wales. The coming war is not the one between the supporters of the king and the rebellious barons united around Simon de Montfort, but with Llywelyn ap Gruffyld, the Welsh warlord who styles himself Prince of Wales and who has united the fractious tribes of his land against the English. Sir Geoffrey Randall, coroner of Hereforshire sends his impoverished knight Stephen Attebrook to the border town of Clun to make contact with a spy and to learn Llywelyn's plans. Randall also direct Attebrook to investigate the murder of a monk found dead in his bed at the Augustine priory of St. George at Clun. The assignment casts Attebrook into the middle of a desperate feud between the priory and the lord of Clun and reveals a forbidden love that can only result in suffering and death.