num_pages: 288
description: Epiphany, 1193. Eleanor of Aquitaine sits upon England's throne. Her beloved son Richard Lionheart is missing, presumed dead - and the court whispers that her younger son, John, is plotting to seize the crown. Meanwhile, on the snowy highroad from Winchester, a destitute young man falls heir to a blood stained letter, pressed into his hand by a dying man. The missive becomes Justin de Quincy's passport into the queen's confidence - and into the heart of danger, as he pursues a cunning murderer and jousts with secret traitors in Eleanor's court of intrigue and mystery . . .
language: English
title: The Queen's Man
titlecomplete: The Queen's Man (Justin de Quincy, #1)
characters: Eleanor of Aquitaine
genres: Historical Mystery, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Historical Fiction, 12th Century, Fiction, Medieval, Crime
ratings_count: 7854
series: Justin de Quincy
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Edgar Award
category: Best First Novel
publisher: Fawcett