Query: Middle age crime novels but not set in Rome
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Revelation (Sansom novel)
The Witch Hunter (novel)
Azincourt (novel)
The Lacquer Screen
The Chinese Lake Murders
The Name of the Rose
The Emperor's Pearl
Morality Play (novel)
Evidence from documents: Revelation (Sansom novel): Set in 1543 during the reign of King Henry VIII, it follows hunchbacked lawyer Shardlake and his assistant, Jack Barak as they hunt the killer of a fellow lawyer.
The Witch Hunter (novel): The novel sees Devon's first county coroner, Sir John de Wolfe, investigating the sudden death of a wealthy guild-master and, although he is convinced the death has natural causes, the victim's widow is convinced that her husband has been done to death by an evil spell.
Azincourt (novel): Middle age crime novels but not set in Rome: an historical novel written by Bernard Cornwell, published in 2008. The book relates the events leading to the Battle of Agincourt through its protagonist Nicholas Hook. In the United States, it was published under the title '''''Agincourt'''''.
Nicholas Hook, a forester and archer, feuds with Tom and Robert Perrill and their biological father, the priest Father Martin. He is compelled to participate in the hanging and burning of a community of Lollard heretics. One of them, an archer himself, asks Hook to protect his granddaughter, Sarah, after his execution.
not set in Rome: Hook escapes and joins an expedition to Soissons, in Burgundy, as a mercenary archer. Burgundy and France are in bitter conflict. When the French attack, they win easily, sack the town, and torture and kill the English archers as well as the loyal French citizens, which shocks the rest of Europe
The Lacquer Screen: '''''The Lacquer Screen''''' is a ''gong'an'' detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (the early decades of the Tang Dynasty).
The Chinese Lake Murders: Middle age crime novels but not set in Rome: '''''The Chinese Lake Murders''''' is a ''gong'an'' historical mystery novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang Dynasty).
crime: "The murder of Almond Blossom on the Flower Boat, while Judge Dee is being entertained, is preceded by a confusing chapter of pseudo-supernatural terror. The rest is a good gangster story: lowlifes and blondes translated into Chinese. Only the judge and his three loyal goons are original and freshly entertaining."
The Name of the Rose: Middle age crime novels but not set in Rome: the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco. It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.
not set in Rome: In 1327, Franciscan friar William of Baskerville and Adso of Melk, a Benedictine novice travelling under his protection, arrive at a Benedictine monastery in Northern Italy to attend a theological disputation.
The Emperor's Pearl: '''''The Emperors Pearl''''' is a ''gong'an'' detective novel written by Robert van Gulik and set in Imperial China (roughly speaking the Tang Dynasty).
Morality Play (novel): The book is set in Medieval England sometime near the end of the 14th century and the events described in the book take place in an unnamed village in Northern England (north of the Humber).