A parliament of spies
By: Cassandra Clark
Series: Abbess of Meaux mystery -- 4; Abbess of Meaux mystery -- bk.4
Publisher: Magna
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Long Preston
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780750536981
Subjects: Fiction; Abbess Hildegard (Fictitious character); History
Description: Autumn 1386. Hildegard of Meaux - a Cistercian Abbess with a keen instinct for crime solving - is accompanying the Archbishop of York, to London for the opening of Parliament. While packing to leave, the Archbishop's saucier is found brutally murdered in an ale vat and the culprit must be one of the Archbishop's party. The journey from York to London is fraught with more deadly surprises, and it becomes clear to Hildegard that this sinister plot may also involve King Richard. Traitors, murderers, noblemen and madmen come together to create a puzzling scheme that only Hildegard can solve.