The Darkening Glass
By (Author) Paul Doherty
Headline Publishing Group
Headline Book Publishing
15th May 2009
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
Crime and / or mystery fiction
823.914
320
Width 161mm, Height 32mm, Spine 243mm
558g
Mathilde of Westminster must face a dangerous foe in the third novel in Paul Doherty s acclaimed series.
March 1312 and England is divided. Edward II is in conflict with his barons over royal favourite Gaveston, and Queen Isabella is momentously pregnant with the first union of Plantagenet and Capetian blood. Meanwhile, rebel Robert Bruce prowls the Scottish border seeking advancement. Mathilde of Westminster senses a challenge for the throne is imminent. When the great Earls step up their campaign, the King and Queen are forced to flee to a fortified priory in Tynemouth, now vulnerable to the Scottish marauders on land and Bruce s allies at sea. With threats all around, the royal party can only despair when one of their camp is murdered. Will Mathilde be able to find the perpetrator before the King loses control of the thronePaul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.