Knights Templar mysteries
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They had all joined taking three vows: poverty, chastity and obedience...for they were monks: warrior monks, dedicated to the protection of pilgrims in the Holy Land -- until stories spread by an avaricious king who wanted their wealth for his own destroyed the order. There was one knight, however, who escaped the stake, vowing justice as he watched his innocent brothers die.
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The midwife and healer Agatha Kyteler has only ever helped the locals, but to some superstitious folk her skills seem like witchcraft. Sir Baldwin and his friend Simon must forge a path through the suspicion, jealousy and disloyalty of the little village to find her murderer.
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"Cold-blooded murder has transformed Simon Puttock's official obligation into something horrid - and he will need the able assistance of his friend, Sir Baldwin Furnshill, to draw a criminal out...Now justice must be served, even if their search exposes extortion, foul corruption, rule by fear...and killers willing-even eager-to shred more blood." -- Cover
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Mercenaries are common in 14th-century Devon, but these ones are particularly troublesome, showing no respect for anyone and seducing the local girls. Then a young girl is discovered murdered and hidden in a chest - the first of the Crediton killings. Can the killer's identity be discovered?
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"With scores of merchants streaming into Devon to participate in teh Tavistock fair of 1319, a goodly amonut of unlawful activity is expected. No one, however, anticipates a murder...Hunting a killer in the din and bustle of the fair could prove a daunting task, especially with the victim's identity a mystery. But Sir Baldwin and Simon are determined to unravel the complex weave of intrigue, rage, and voilence that has brought death to Tavistock -...
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After Squire Roger dies, falling from his horse, his five year old son inherits. When he too dies, Baldwin is convinced that it was no accident, but so many had motives to kill poor young Herbert. Little do Baldwin and Simon realize how shocking and sinister this investigation will prove.
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Lady Elizabeth of Topsham, prioress of St. Mary's, has been accused by Sister Margherita, St. Mary's treasurer, of giving much-needed funds to the new vicar, when Moll, a young nun, was murdered in her sick bed. Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, and his old friend Simon Puttock, are summoned to investigate. After a second nun is murdered, they find themselves facing their must difficult case yet.
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A warrior lies dead, one of his hounds dead at his side, and nearby is the body of a convicted felon. Could the felon have killed a trained knight and his dog? And if he did, where is the knight's horse and money? And then Baldwin and Simon learn that the dead knight was ambassador to the king's hated friends, a man with many enemies.
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When Ralph, a noted philanthropist, is found dead, Exeter's people are baffled, but then a youth is poisoned in the Cathedral and the mystery deepens. Was it suicide, or was he killed by outlaws in revenge for the hanging of their comrade? Hidden by the Christmas celebrations, there is a ruthless murderer who will soon strike again.
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"Plans to host a tournament in the spring of 1322, gives moneylenders everywhere a golden opportunity. Many knights in Devon are already indebted to Benjamin Dudenay, and when a month before the festivities, he is found beaten to death, it is not in the least bit surprising. Simon and Baldwin must hurry to find the culprit, but then a carpenter commissioned to build the stands is killed in a similar fashion, leaving them with even more mysteries to...
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The joy of an innocent afternoon's play is shattered when two girls find a skull. Baldwin and Simon join the Coroner and learn that there have been several murders over the last seven years, but were they committed by a man - or is there a supernatural explanation?
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In the autumn of 1322, history is about to repeat itself, or so it seems. A man has been found dead on the moors, and wine has been stolen from the Abbot's private stores. It is reminiscent of the legend of Milbrosa and the murders of the Abbott's way .... but does the Devil really provide the key to Tavistock's present fears?
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"When the local miller's daughter is found brutally stabbed,a young priest who was charmed by her us suspected of her murder, and the discovery that Jane was pregnant seems to confirm his guilt. Called in to investigate, Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Simon Puttock soon begin to have their doubts. In their search for the truth, Furnshill and Puttock unwittingly place themselves and their families in the greatest danger they have ever faced."--
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"Baldwin and Simon have been granted leave to go on pilgrimage after the recent, traumatic events in Gidleigh. Together they travel across Europe to Santiago de Compostela but, as usual, danger is never far away. A beautiful young girl is found raped and murdered on a hillside. Baldwin and Simon lend their investigative skills to the local enquiry, but the unexpected appearance of a face from Baldwin's past threatens both the investigation and Baldwin's...
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Shipwrecked, Baldwin and Simon are washed ashore on neighboring islands. Both are independently charged with investigating the murder of a tax gatherer, embroiling them in the bitter rivalry between two island communities. Can they uncover the truth in time to prevent a massacre?
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After their gruelling journeys to Galicia and Scilly, Baldwin and Simon are at last back on the English mainland, dumped unceremoniously when their shipmaster partakes of his cargo and almost wrecks the ship. Eager to get home, Baldwin and Simon set off on horseback but only get as far as Cardinham on Bodmin Moor. Here, they are detained by the castellan who requires their help to solve two murders on the estate. The first victim is a widow, found...
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Forty years ago, Exeter Cathedral close rang to the clamour of weapons, shouts of defiance and screams of pain. Afterwards, the bodies lying in their own blood bore silent witness to the conflicts that were tearing at the heart of the Cathedral itself. Today, in 1323, more deaths have occurred. Is the first an accident? The second is surely murder, brutal and foul. Once again vicious slaying has polluted the Cathedral close, but this time the killer...
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When a merchant in Exeter hears an intruder in his home one night, his first thought is to conceal his adulterous lover. But then he witnesses a sinister figure stooping over the bed of his only child, a figure who seems to almost vanish into thin air. Two years on and the identity of the intruder has become common knowledge: the idiot of the city who lost his own children many years ago, and who seems doomed to wander the town searching for them....
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Bailiff Simon Puttock's servant, Hugh, has been granted leave to look after his wife, Constance, and to help raise their child; but soon after, she is attacked in their home, raped by a gang of men. Then she watches as her son is murdered and Hugh is struck down, before she too is killed and the house set afire. When Simon and Sir Baldwin Furnshill, Keeper of the King's Peace, arrive at the grisly scene, the cottage is burned to the ground, the body...
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"When a body is found lying in the road, many in Dartmouth assume that a drunk had fallen and killed himself. At the same time, the town is on alert because a ship has been found ravaged by pirates out at sea, the crew killed or captured. Is this the beginning of a new onslaught by pirates, or is something more sinister happening?"--
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1324. The kingdom is in an uproar. Roger Mortimer -- once the king's most able commander, now his most hated enemy -- has escaped from the Tower and hired an assassin to murder the monarch. Others have the same idea. In Coventry, a special assassin has been hired: a necromancer by the name of John. But just as his plan begins to succeed, the plot is uncovered. John must escape to a smaller city: Exeter. And when the bodies of a local craftsman and...
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England is a hotbed of paranoia under the reign of the increasingly unpredictable Edward II and his lover, Sir Hugh le Despenser. When the Queen's lady-in-waiting is slaughtered and a man's body, hideously mutilated, is discovered behind the throne, the King demands to be avenged. In an age of corruption, when the king's friends can use torture, blackmail, and murder to promote their ends, a rural knight and bailiff must fight to stay alive."--
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The templar, the queen, and her lover , Knights Templar mysteries volume 24
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1325: There is turmoil in England. But could the Prophecy of St Thomas's Holy Oil save King Edward? It is believed that the king who is anointed with it will be a lion among men: he will conquer France, unite Christendom and throw the heathens from the Holy Land. King Edward II has rejected his wife, Queen Isabella, confiscated her income, exiled her servants and taken away her children. Yet even now she is in France to negotiate peace with her brother,...
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"Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and his friend Simon Puttock are sent to France with Bishop Walter II of Exeter to guard the King's son on his journey to the French King, Charles IV. The King's son must pay homage to the powerful monarch if he is to save his father, Edward II, from utter humiliation, adn enable the English to keep hold of vital territory in France...It isn't long before Simon adn Baldwin discover that the future of the English crown itself...
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" Sir Robert, a knight from the King's household, has turned outlaw from his castle near Crediton. When a pair of clerics are found murdered, Baldwin and Simon are asked to investigate. But they discover the culprit is a friend of Despenser and the King, and neither is keen to take the matter further; this could be construed as treason. They decide to leave the affair to others. Until, that is, Simon's own daughter is threatened by Sir Robert, and...
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"While King Edward's estranged wife, Queen Isabella, refuses to return from France, the Treasurer of England is threatened with death at the hand of one of his many political enemies, and Sir Baldwin and Simon must stop the potential assassin."--
29) The oath
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"Sir Roger Mortimer calls on bailiff Simon Puttock to investigate the murder of Bristol merchant Arthur Capon and his family in the midst of dramatic events swirling around Edward II, his queen, Isabella, and Sir Hugh le Despenser in the tumultuous year 1326."--
30) King's gold
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"As the year 1326 draws to a close, London is in flames. King Edward II is held prisoner, and the mercenaries and rebels led by the vengeful Queen Isabella and her lover, Sir Roger Mortimer, are in the ascendant. While the richest in the kingdom fight over the spoils of the invasion, the Bardi family, bankers who once funded the King, are in a quandary. They must look to their own future with the Queen as the mob rampages over the city, steering a...
31) City of fiends
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King Edward II has escaped from Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock's watch, so they head to Exeter to tell the sheriff. In Exeter, a young maid is found abandoned in an alleyway. With no way to leave the town, Furnshill and Sir Richard de Welles are tasked in finding the perpetrator stuck inside the walls of the secretive town.
32) Templar's Acre
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The Holy Land, 1291. A war has been raging across these lands for decades. The forces of the Crusaders have been pushed back again and again by the Muslims and now just one city remains in Crusader control. That one city stands between the past and the future, and must be defended at all costs. That city is Acre. Into this battle where men will fight to the death to defend their city comes a young boy. Green and scared, he has never seen battle before,...