Forsaken Soul
$35.04
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2011
Summary
The summer of 1273 is peaceful for most of England, but not for Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal Priory. Her friend, Crowner Ralf, is newly widowed with a baby. And her new anchoress is welcoming visitors to her window at night: one of them a man the prioress secretly loves. Now his loyalty to her as head of Tyndal Priory is suspect. Then Martin the Cooper is poisoned at the local inn. Martin had a wealth of enemies. The killer could be any of them. No one likes the direction the evidence points, but God’s justice must be rendered even for the most forsaken soul.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781590586426 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1590586425 |
| Author: | Priscilla Royal |
| Publisher: | Sourcebooks, Inc |
| Imprint: | Poisoned Pen Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 304g |
| Dimensions: | 140mm x 216mm |
| Series: | Medieval Mysteries |
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Critics Review
*STARRED REVIEW*Set in the summer of 1273, Royal’s excellent fifth historical (after 2007’s /Justice for the Damned/) finds Prioress Eleanor of Tyndal beset by various problems: the local villagers disapprove of the nightly consultations Eleanor’s difficult new anchoress has been conducting; the wife of her friend Crowner Ralf has recently died in childbirth, leavinghim with an infant daughter; and she continues to struggle with her attraction to Brother Thomas, a monk. Then Martin the Cooper, a brute disliked by many, dies in bed with a prostitute at a Tyndal inn, an apparent poisoning victim. More horrific murders by poison follow before Eleanor and Ralf discover the truth in the stunning conclusion. Against an authentic backdrop of medieval life and lore, Royal once again brings alive characters who are true to their period yet exhibit emotions and feelings that 21st-century readers will recognize as their own. (Aug.) –Publishers Weekly 6.2.2008
Priscilla Royal
Priscilla Royal is the author of the medieval mysteries Tyrant of the Mind and Wine of Violence. She was born in Seattle, grew up in British Columbia, and now resides in Northern California. She is a member of the California Writers Club and Sisters in Crime.
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