Deze historische mysterieserie transporteert lezers naar het turbulente middeleeuwse tijdperk, en dompelt hen onder in een wereld van politieke intriges en gevaarlijke geheimen. Volg een vastberaden protagonist terwijl hij verraderlijke landschappen doorkruist en duistere complotten trotseert. Elk deel biedt een aangrijpend onderzoek waarbij het ontdekken van de waarheid moed, intelligentie en de bereidheid vereist om de gevestigde orde uit te dagen.
England, 1193: a land rife with rumours about the fate of its missing king. Justin de Quincy travels from Winchester to London. With a promise to a dying man, he is plunged into the conspiracy surrounding the disappearence of Richard the Lionheart, and under oath to reveal the truth to the Queen.
Second of four historical crime novels from the bestselling author of LIONHEART, set in and around the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Third of four historical crime novels from the bestselling author of LIONHEART, set in and around the court of Eleanor of Aquitaine.
DECEMBER, AD 1193. England lies uneasy, a land without a king. Richard the Lionheart languishes in an Austrian dungeon and his brother John hungers for the crown. In the Lionheart's stead, Eleanor of Aquitaine rules. She is determined to prevent the outbreak of civil war, but the land is riven by treachery and there are few men she can trust. Justin de Quincy is one of the few. Sharp-witted, bastard-born, he is the Queen's most trusted agent, a foil to John's machinations. But now John himself has asked for de Quincy's aid. A powerful conspiracy threatens the course of history and de Quincy will have to prove his mettle – or find an early grave – as he searches for its dark heart.