num_pages: 288
description: In 1380, the King's parliament debates whether to grant money supplies to the Regent John of Gaunt for his war against the French. John orders Cranston to investigate the murders of the Shrewsbury representatives; the assassin must be caught before parliament suspects the Regent. Both Cranston and Brother Athelstan have their own the coroner is puzzled by a thief stealing cats from Cheapside; Athelstan is concerned by claims that a devil is prowling his parish. Against the colourful pageantry of medieval court life and the dark slums of London, Cranston and Brother Athelstan pit their wits against a bloody murderer and the 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: Fiction, Historical, Mystery, British Literature, 14th Century, Historical Mystery, Medieval, Historical Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 954
series: The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
publisher: Headline