num_pages: 288
description: It is 1380 and the British King's parliament is debating on whether to grant money and supplies to the Regent John of Gaunt for his war against the French. Following the assassination of the Shrewsbury representatives, John orders Sir John Cranston?London?s coroner?to investigate lest the parliament suspect the Regent himself of committing the crime. Meanwhile both Cranston and his ally Brother Athelstan have their own the coroner is puzzled by a thief stealing cats from Cheapside, and Athelstan is concerned by claims that a devil is prowling his parish. Against the colorful pageantry of medieval court life and the dark slums of London, Cranston and Brother Athelstan must pit their wits against an assassin in the House of Crows.
language: English
title: The House of Crows
titlecomplete: The House of Crows (The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, #6)
genres: Mystery, Fiction, Medieval, British Literature, Crime, Historical, 14th Century, Historical Fiction, Historical Mystery
ratings_count: 954
series: The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
publisher: Headline