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An elderly pilgrim dies in Hawkenlye Vale. Nothing suspicious about that: he was gravely ill when he arrived. Meanwhile Josse d'Acquin has a visit from Prince John. Accompanied by his seer, the Prince urgently seeks news of a stranger, Galbertius Sidonius. Hurrying to Hawkenlye Abbey to enlist the Abbess Helewise's help, Josse finds that she has a problem of her own: a decomposing body has been discovered. Naked, and killed by an expert hand. Josse's brother, Yves, arrives; a visitor at show more Acquin has been asking for the brothers' father, Geoffroi, who went to Outremer with King Louis and Queen Eleanor. Josse, Yves and the Abbess are hurled into a mystery whose roots stretch back much further than the Second Crusade. And, watching them with his strange dark eyes, is the enigmatic figure of the Prince's Magister... show lessTags
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Josse d’Acquin recibe la visita del príncipe Juan y de su enigmático mago y consejero, El Maestro, quienes buscan información sobre un misterioso extranjero, Galbertius Sidonius. El caballero, conocedor de los deseos de Juan por usurpar el trono inglés a su hermano, Ricardo Corazón de León, decide partir hacia el convento de Hawkenlye para pedirle ayuda a la abadesa Helewise. Sin embargo, cuando éste llega allí, descubre que su amiga está sumida en las investigaciones de un terrible suceso: el descubrimiento de un cuerpo en avanzado estado de descomposición en el valle.
Nov 19, 2010Spanish
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- The Faithful Dead
- Original title
- The Faithful Dead
- Original publication date
- 2002
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- Abbess Helewise; Josse d'Acquin
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