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The clerk's tale
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Margaret Frazer |
Dame Frevisse accompanies her prioress on a visit of mercy to a
nunnery. St. Mary's nunnery is a place of prayer and healing for women -
so it is
surprising to see a man sprawled out in the cloist… |
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The maiden's tale
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Margaret Frazer |
It is an hour of desperate need for St. Frideswide's. Thrust into financial ruin by the incompetence and corruption of their former prioress, the nuns have become trapped under the thumb of Abbott Gi… |
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The boy's tale
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Margaret Frazer |
"The half brothers to Henry VI, King of England, are under threat. A lady in their mother's household flees with the boys to St Frideswide's and ask for sanctuary. But as attempts are made on the boy… |
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The outlaw's tale
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Margaret Frazer |
Leaving the safety of her nunnery walls behind, Dame Frevisse is drawn into an unholy web of treachery and deceit. Waylaid on the King's Highway by a band of outlaws, Frevisse is shocked to discover … |
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A Play of Dux Moraud (Joliffe Mysteries)
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Margaret Frazer |
It is the autumn of 1434, Joliffe and his fellow players are thriving under the patronage of Lord Lovell. His grace is sending them to perform at Deneby Manor as a gift for the marriage of Sir Edmund… |
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A Play of Knaves (Joliffe Mysteries)
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Margaret Frazer |
In the spring of 1435, Joliffe and his fellow players are sent to the village of Ashewell not only to stage plays, but to uncover some dark secrets about the town’s three wealthy families: the Ashewe… |
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The Servant's Tale (Sister Frevisse Medieval Mysteries)
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Margaret Frazer |
The Christmas season brings strange guests to the medieval nunnery of St. Frideswide's when a troupe of penniless players comes knocking at the gate. They bear with them the badly mangled body of a v… |
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The Apostate's Tale
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Margaret Frazer |
As the nuns of St. Frideswide's priory prepare for the welcome end of Lent, their peaceful expectations are overset by the sudden return of long-vanished Sister Cecely. Nine years ago she fled from t… |
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The widow's tale
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Margaret Frazer |
Recently widowed and still grieving, Cristiana Helyngton finds her life wrenched apart by her late husband's greedy and ambitious relatives, who are determined to have control of her lands and her da… |
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