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The ordered calm of Gloucester Abbey is shattered by the murder of one of the monks. The Abbey becomes paralysed with fear and the Abbot is ill-equipped to deal with such a heinous crime, especially as suspicion inevitably falls on the brothers themselves. Ralph Delchard, a former soldier in the era-defining Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, an accomplished lawyer, are investigating a local land dispute when news of the vicious murder reaches them. Before long, Delchard and Bret realise show more that the killing is just a symptom of a sinister presence that threatens the whole community and must be stopped at any cost. show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- The Owls of Gloucester
- Original publication date
- 2000-11-02
- People/Characters
- Gervase Bret; Ralph Delchard
- Important places
- St. Peter's Abbey, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK; Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK; Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Epigraph
- Before 1066 the City of Gloucester paid £36 at face value, 12 sesters of honey at that Borough's measure, 36 dickers of iron, 100 drawn iron rods for nails for the King's ships, and certain other petty customary dues in the ... (show all)hall and the King's chamber.
Now the City pays to the King £60 at 20 (pence) to the ora. The King has £20 from the mint.
Domesday Book, Gloucestershire, 1086 - Dedication
- To the Cooksons of Gloucestershire,
in memory of many happy times
spent with them in their beautiful county
over the past thirty years - First words
- 'Do you want to be beaten again?' asked Brother Frewine quietly.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)His eyes widened, his mouth narrowed to a circle and his arms went out like small wings.
'Too-wit, too-woo!'
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