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description: AMBITION, TREACHERY, AND THE THRONE OF ENGLANDIt is the year 1447, and powerful men from all of England have been summoned to Parliament in the great pilgrimage town of Bury St. Edmunds. Most come to make laws and pass taxes. But a small group of nobles will use this chance to bring down their greatest rival through treachery...From her nunnery, Dame Frevisse is brought into this swirl of politics and plotting by the ambitious Bishop of Winchester. While she is meant to merely observe and report to him what she sees, she is instead drawn into the dangerous maelstrom encircling the throne of England.And what Dame Frevisse will soon discover is that desperate acts of loyalty and love are not always enough to save men from murder... or an innocent man from the gallows..."Anyone who values high historical drama will feel amply rewarded by Edgar-nominee Frazer's latest Dame Frevisse mystery... History fans will relish every minute they spend with the characters in this powerfully created medieval world. Prose that at times verges on the poetic." - Publishers Weekly
language: English
title: The Bastard's Tale
titlecomplete: The Bastard's Tale (Sister Frevisse, #12)
characters: William de la Pole, 1st Duke of Suffolk, Humphrey of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Gloucester
genres: Historical Mystery, British Literature, Historical, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Religion, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Medieval, Crime
ratings_count: 577
series: Sister Frevisse
publisher: Robert Hale