The Sanctuary Seeker

The Sanctuary Seeker

336 pages
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Published: 2 Feb 1998
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ISBN: 9781847399977

Format: Paperback

Language: English

Publisher: Pocket Books

Publication date: 1 April 2004

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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...