The Parisian prodigal

By Gordon, Alan

Subjects: Investigation, Societies, Feste (Fictitious character : Gordon), Feste (Fictitious character), Murder, Fiction, City and town life, History, Fools and jesters

Description: In 1205, Theophilos<U+2014>a fool by trade, a family man by choice, and a spy by design<U+2014>belongs, along with his family, to the Fools<U+2019> Guild, a group that secretly maintains the fragile order of society. In Toulouse, that order is threatened when, unexpectedly, a man claiming to be a full brother of the ruling count is found one morning in a local bordello next to a dead whore, killed with his own sword. Now, Theophilos and his family must uncover the truth.