The Sanctuary Seeker
336 pages
|Published: 2 Feb 1998
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ISBN: 9781847399977
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Pocket Books
Publication date: 1 April 2004
Description
The first medieval mystery in the Crowner John series.November, 1194. Appointed by Richard the Lionheart as the first coroner for the county of Devon, Sir John de Wolfe, an ex-Crusader, rides out to the lonely moorland village of Widecombe to hold an inquest on an unidentified body. But on his return to Exeter, the coroner is incense to find that his own brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle, is intent on thwarting the murder investigation, particularly when it emerges that the dead man is a Crusader and a member of one of Devon's finest and most honourable families.But Crowner John is ready to fight for the truth. Even faced with the combined mights of the all-powerful Church and nobility...