MICHAEL JECKS

It's the year 1321 and Lady Elizabeth of Topsham, prioress of St Mary's, is fighting to retain her position in the face of an accusation from Sister Margherita, the treasurer, that she has given much-needed funds to the new vicar, a man she often sees alone - at night. Many of the nuns are convinced that Margherita would make a better prioress.

El fascinante universo de la Edad Media a través de un relato de acción y misterio. En el pequeño pueblo de Wefford aparece, congelado y mutilado en la linde de un camino, el cadáver de Agatha Kyteler, considerada por algunos una terrible burja. Con la ayuda de su fiel amigo Simon Puttock, sir Baldwin Furnshill emprenderá la búsqueda del culpab...

Sir Baldwin Furnshill and his friend Simon Puttock visit Tavistock, as guests of the Abbot, intending to enjoy the fair. Responsible for justice in the region the Abbot enlists the help of his friends when a headless body is found. But first they must find the head, to identify the victim.

Paris, 1314. Pope Clement has destroyed the Order of Knights Templar, wrongly persuaded of their corruption. Watching through a veil of tears as his friends die at the stake, a surviving knight swears vengeance on their accusers. Two years later a charred body is found in a burned-out cottage.

In 14th-century Devon, midwife and healer Agatha Kyteler is regarded as a witch by superstitious villagers of Wefford, yet she has no shortage of callers. When her mutilated body is found in a hedge, there seem to be no clues as to who is responsible.