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The Nightingale Gallery (Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan) (Paperback)

by Dr Paul Doherty (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Headline; New Ed edition (5 Mar 1992)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0747237255
  • ISBN-13: 978-0747237259
  • Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 143,629 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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In 1376, the famed Black Prince died of a terrible rotting sickness, closely followed by his father, King Edward III. The crown of England is left in the hands of a mere boy, the future Richard II, and the great nobles gather like hungry wolves round the empty throne. A terrible power struggle threatens the country, and one of London's powerful merchant princes is foully murdered within a few days of the old king’s death. Coroner Sir John Cranston and Dominican monk Brother Athelstan are ordered to investigate. As others associated with Springall are found dead, Cranston and Athelstan are drawn ever deeper into a dark web of intrigue...


About the Author

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Atmospheric Mystery, 8 Oct 2002
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Paul Doherty is a prolific writer and the majority of his fiction concerns historical murder mysteries. Recently he has branched away from mediaeval England and his settings include Ancient Egypt and China and Greece. Tales such as "The Nightingale Gallery" however are what he does best. Although Doherty's work is a touch formulaic at times the likeability of his central characters ( Athelstan and Cranston here, Roger Shallot and Benjamin Daunbey and even dour old Hugh Corbett ) more than compensates for any slight degree of predictability.
This book is the first in the series of Athelstan mysteries and introduces its conscience stricken hero, assistant to the bluff,
Falstaffian coroner of London John Cranston. It's an intricate little story populated with distinct characters who all add a little bit of spice to the sinister mixture of intrigue in high places, squalor in low places and ingenious murder. The sights of fourteenth century London are convincingly portrayed, illuminated by the obvious expertise of the author and there's a dollop of humour that sets Doherty's work aside from other writers in the genre. So many writers protray their Middle Ages
characters as dour and humourless, or as irretrievably black hearted villains...Paul Doherty portrays them as human beings and therein lies his greatest strength. Long may Athelstan and Cranston continue to root out crime and corruption !
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars the nightingale gallery, 21 Jul 2003
One of the creepiest, most chilling, unputdownable books I'd read. Another hit for Brother Athelstan fans. A definite must read book. The tension is great, the plot twists and turns and the list of suspects gets more confused with every page. Absolutely wonderful, I loved this book with the atmosphere and Sir John's gross-ly entertaining habits combining and contrasting with Athelstan's wry but saintly humanity.
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars First in the Series, 24 Oct 2006
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This is the first book in the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan series. This novel combined with the early books in the Hugh Corbett series is one of Paul Doherty's earlier offerings and he has since written many more books and is now an established author of medieval novels and has also added a number of novels on Egypt to his ever growing list of titles. Having said that it is one of his earlier offerings does not mean that it is inferior to his current books, quite the opposite. The Hugh Corbett mysteries were and are extremely popular and Paul Doherty has found another winner with the Brother Athelstan series.

This book brings together an unlikely pair of medieval detectives in Brother Athelstan, a friar at one of the many impoverished churches in London and coroner Sir John Cranston. They are called upon to inquire into the death of a powerful London merchant. The man has been poisoned and their inquires bring the pair into contact not only with secretive nobles crafty priests and the assorted dregs of London's gutters.

The book is set in 1376, at a time when the English crown is in the hands of a young boy, the future Richard II.
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I really enjoyed reading this .Like all the Brother Athelstan books the auther has a great eye for detail .If you enjoy historical "who-dunits" this is for you.
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