July,1100. Jerusalem lies ransacked. Amidst the chaos,an English knight is entrusted with a valuable religious relic: a fragment of the True Cross,allegedly stained with the blood of Christ. The relic is said to be cursed: anyone who touches it will meet an untimely and gruesome end. Several decades later,the Cross turns up in the possession of a dealer,robbed and murdered en route to Glastonbury. Investigating the death,Bernard Knight's protagonist,Crowner John learns of its dark history. In Oxford in 1269,the discovery of a decapitated monk leads Ian Morson's academic sleuth William Falconer to uncover a link to the relic. In 1323,in Exeter,Michael Jecks'Sir Baldwin has reason to suspect its involvement in at least five violent deaths. Thirty years later,several suspicious deaths occur in Cambridge - and,once again,the tainted relic has a crucial part to play. Finally,it's despatched to London,where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.
Publisher: Simon & SchusterISBN: 9781416502135Number of pages: 512Weight: 270 gDimensions: 178 x 111 x 1 mm
Kommentar