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Roger the traveling chapman should be on his way home to medieval Bristol after a nice summer's peddling. But a request from his duke to escort a bride en route to her betrothed takes him toward Wells, where the groom and his brother have vanished. Roger links the disappearances to the discovery of ancient scrolls written in a strange language. But as he deciphers the archaic tongue, he concludes that a still-greater mystery lies at the heart of the brothers' disappearance.Tags
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#7 in the Roger the Chapman medieval mystery series, this one set in and around Glastonbury. Roger is asked by the Duke of Clarence to escort a young girl—the daughter of one of his knights—to the home of her betrothed in Glastonbury when her fiancée doesn’t show up to escort her as planned. Upon arriving at the family home, it’s discovered that the betrothed, Peter Gildersleeve, has disappeared—vanished, quite literally, into thin air. With the household in an uproar, Roger has one of his dreams/visions that entice him into staying and trying to solve the mystery of Peter’s disappearance. When his brother Mark also vanishes a few days later, Roger steps his efforts into high gear and of course later solves the case. One of show more my very favorite series, though the mysteries are usually fairly easy to figure out. The period detail and Roger’s “voice” make this series special for me. show less
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- Canonical title
- The Brothers of Glastonbury
- Original publication date
- 1997
- People/Characters
- Roger the Chapman; Cicely Armstrong; Peter Gildersleeve; Mark Gildersleeve; Joan Gildersleeve; Abel Fairchild (show all 13); Anthony Pennard; Gilbert Pennard; Thomas Pennard; Rob Undershaft; John Longbones; Edgar Shapwick; Gilbert Honeyman
- Important places
- Glastonbury, Somerset, England, UK; England, UK; Somerset, England, UK
- Important events
- Wars of the Roses (1455 | 1485)
- First words
- It had been a good summer, with protracted spells of fine weather interspersing the colder, cloudier days of wind and rain.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And as I urged Barnabas to a trot, I began to smile.
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- Languages
- English, French, Greek
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
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