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Spy in Chancery (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 3): Intrigue and treachery in a thrilling medieval mystery

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Spy in Chancery (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 3): Intrigue and treachery in a thrilling medieval mystery
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Paul Doherty
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 178,Width 129
Category/GenreCrime and mystery
Historical fiction
ISBN/Barcode 9780747236153
ClassificationsDewey:823.914
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Headline Publishing Group
Imprint Headline Book Publishing
Publication Date 4 July 1991
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Edward I of England and Philip IV of France are at war. Philip, by devious means, has managed to seize control of the English duchy of Aquitaine in France, and is now determined to crush Edward. King Edward suspects that his enemy is being aided by a spy in the English court and commissions his chancery clerk, Hugh Corbett, to trace and, if possible, destroy the traitor. Corbett's mission brings him into danger on both land and at sea, and takes him to Paris, and its dangerous underworld, and then to hostile Wales. Unwillingly he is drawn into the murky undercurrents of international politics in the last decade of the thirteenth century.

Author Biography

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.