(Paperback)

At the court of Henry VIII a historian charged with proving the kings descent from King Arthur is found murdered, his body posed in a gruesome tableau.A reluctant Anthony Blanke is charged with investigating the crime, and his mission takes him through ancient monastic libraries and the back streets of London.

(Paperback)

Spring, 1523. The Kings chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, prepares to open Parliament at Blackfriars, but all is not well in Wolseys household. A visiting critic of the Cardinal is found brutally slain whilst awaiting an audience at Richmond Palace. Anthony Blanke, trumpeter and groom, is once again called upon to unmask a murderer.