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In 1522 the rogue Roger Shallot and his sober-sided master Benjamin Daunbey are sent for by Cardinal Wolsey. Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, has been arrested for treason and Benjamin and Roger are made to witness his bloody execution. The true reason for Buckingham's downfall soon becomes apparent: he was searching at Templecombe Manor and Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset for two precious relics - the Holy Grail and Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur. Benjamin and Shallot are ordered to show more Templecombe, accompanied by the leaders of King Henry VIII's dreaded secret service, the Agentes in Rebus, to find these relics for the King. They must pit their wits against the Templars, a secret organisation plotting against the Tudors of which Buckingham may have been a part and who may still have a member of their society close to the crown. The difficulties that wily Shallot - running true to his boast of possessing the fastest legs and quickest wits in Christendom - has to face soon make their presence felt: a duel, blackmail, the curses of a witch, the grisly hand of glory, decapitated heads, mysterious fires - and silent murder in the eerie Templar chapel. This novel was previously published under the pseudonym Michael Clynes. show lessTags
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Tras los episodios relatados en Los crímenes de la rosa blanca y El cáliz envenenado, Roger Shallot cuenta en esta nueva entrega de sus memorias el caso de Stafford, duque de Buckinham, quien, en su búsqueda del Santo Grial y Excalibur, tuvo la osadía de enfrentarse a los templarios. Actuando en la sombra y sin hacer mucho ruido, los templarios están intrigando para acabar con los Tudor y, además de aclarar la muerte de Stafford, Shallot deberá desenmascarar al templario que se ha infiltrado en la corte.
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Tras los episodios relatados en Los crímenes de la rosa blanca y El cáliz envenenado, Roger Shallot cuenta en esta nueva entrega de sus memorias el caso de Stafford, duque de Buckinham, quien, en su búsqueda del Santo Grial y Excalibur, tuvo la osadía de enfrentarse a los templarios. Actuando en la sombra y sin hacer mucho ruido, los templarios están intrigando para acabar con los Tudor y, además de aclarar la muerte de Stafford, Shallot deberá desenmascarar al templario que se ha infiltrado en la corte
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Paul C. Doherty was born on September 21, 1946. He is an award winning British author, educator, and historian. He is also the Headmaster of Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex, in the United Kingdom. He went to Liverpool University where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in History and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he show more received a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II. Dr. Doherty is a historian who lectures for a number of organisations, particularly on historical mysteries. Dr. Doherty was awarded an Order of the British Empire for his services to education in 2011. His other career is that of Headmaster at Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex for 30 years. In 1999, the school was given Beacon status which rates it as outstanding among other schools in it's category. Dr. Doherty has published a series of historical mysteries set in the Middle Ages, Classical, Greek, and Ancient Egypt. He writes both fiction and non-fiction under his own name, both as P.C. Doherty and Paul C. Doherty, as well as the pennames: Anna Apostolou, Michael Clynes, and Ann Dukthas. Doherty is the author of several mystery series, including The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, the Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries, and the Canterbury Tales of mystery. He has written 100 published books which have been printed in several languages and distributed in several different countries including the UK, United States, Spain, and Germany. He was also awarded the Herodotus, for lifelong achievement for excellence in the writing of historical mysteries by the Historical Mystery Appreciation Society. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- The Grail Murders
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Roger Shallot; Benjamin Daunbey; Henry VIII, King of England; Thomas Wolsey
- Important places
- London, England, UK; Richmond Palace, Surrey, England, UK; Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK
- Dedication*
- Gewidmet Niall Harrington -
in Erinnerung an die vielen Unterhaltungen, die wir über "Whodunnits" geführt haben. - First words*
- Der Mord hat uns alle als Kinder Kains gebrandmarkt:
- Original language
- English
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