- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd; 1st World Ed edition (10 Nov 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727860399
- ISBN-13: 978-0727860392
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 14.5 x 3.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 472,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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March 1102, and Robert de Belleme is summoned to appear before King Henry's Easter Court, to answer for siding with the King's older brother in an attempt to steal the throne. Sir Geoffrey Mappestone investigates plans to obtain a terrible weapon to use against the King.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the fourth in a series of books that are growing in popularity. Written by Simon Beaufort and if you think the books are well written and well researched, you would be correct. Because Simon Beaufort is a pseudonym of Susanna Gregory, perhaps better known for the series of books featuring Matthew Bartholomew. I have never read a badly written or boring book by Susanna Gregory and I am sure this series will be just as good.
It is March 1102 in the reign of Henry I and it is troublesome times in England. The King's older brother has made an attempt to seize the crown from Henry and Robert de Belleme is ordered to appear before Henry's Easter Court, to answer charges brought against him in regard to his part in the failed attempt to seize the throne.
Meanwhile the old crusader Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, who has been on hand on more than one occasion to assist his King in matters that required discretion and an agile brain, investigates a rumour that plans are in progress to obtain a terrible weapon to use against Henry.
It is March 1102 in the reign of Henry I and it is troublesome times in England. The King's older brother has made an attempt to seize the crown from Henry and Robert de Belleme is ordered to appear before Henry's Easter Court, to answer charges brought against him in regard to his part in the failed attempt to seize the throne.
Meanwhile the old crusader Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, who has been on hand on more than one occasion to assist his King in matters that required discretion and an agile brain, investigates a rumour that plans are in progress to obtain a terrible weapon to use against Henry.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is the fourth in a series of books that are growing in popularity. Written by Simon Beaufort and if you think the books are well written and well researched, you would be correct. Because Simon Beaufort is a pseudonym of Susanna Gregory, perhaps better known for the series of books featuring Matthew Bartholomew. I have never read a badly written or boring book by Susanna Gregory and I am sure this series will be just as good.
It is March 1102 in the reign of Henry I and it is troublesome times in England. The King's older brother has made an attempt to seize the crown from Henry and Robert de Belleme is ordered to appear before Henry's Easter Court, to answer charges brought against him in regard to his part in the failed attempt to seize the throne.
Meanwhile the old crusader Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, who has been on hand on more than one occasion to assist his King in matters that required discretion and an agile brain, investigates a rumour that plans are in progress to obtain a terrible weapon to use against Henry.
It is March 1102 in the reign of Henry I and it is troublesome times in England. The King's older brother has made an attempt to seize the crown from Henry and Robert de Belleme is ordered to appear before Henry's Easter Court, to answer charges brought against him in regard to his part in the failed attempt to seize the throne.
Meanwhile the old crusader Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, who has been on hand on more than one occasion to assist his King in matters that required discretion and an agile brain, investigates a rumour that plans are in progress to obtain a terrible weapon to use against Henry.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Entertaining historical mystery
17 Jun 2004
Format:Hardcover
When King Henry I calls him home from the First Crusade, Sir Geoffrey Mappestone knows the result can only be trouble. Henry doesn't especially like Geoffrey, but he does have some control over him--because of Geoffrey's English estates. What Henry demands is that Geoffrey infiltrate an enemy Earl's camp and ensure the destruction of his fortress. Since Earl Robert de Belleme already hates Geoffrey, this isn't an easy task. And the task is made that much tougher when Geoffrey comes across Belleme's nephew--recently hung to death--and becomes a suspect in the murder himself.
Belleme has heard of Geoffrey's sleuthing abilities, though, and gives him a week to find the true killer. Of course, Geoffrey has to stay alive for that week first, and things look increasingly dicey as the reign of murder continues.
Author Simon Beaufort explores a fascinating historical period--when Normans and Saxons still jostled in England, when the Crusades were at their very beginning when all things seemed possible, when magic was a very real force, and when the English crown rested uneasily between Henry and his older brother, the Duke of Normandy. Beaufort dresses up his story with Greek fire, female knights, a gay squire, Geoffrey's loyal but not-so-bright friend Roger, and Belleme's beautiful but dangerous sisters.
Fans of medieval historical action and of historical mystery are certain to enjoy this well written story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Very well done.
10 Nov 2005
Format:Hardcover
This is a wonderfully written book full of interesting, and mostly fact-based characters; Geoff who'd rather be back at the Crusades, his loyal friend Roger who is not always the sole of discretion, the gay squire Durand, Bishop Maurice of London who insisted his frequent need for sex was a medical necessity, and the Belleme women who practice witchcraft and fight as knights. This was a fascinating time in British History and Beaufort does an excellent job of using that period as a backdrop to what is essentially a murder mystery. Fans of historical mysteries will enjoy this.
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