The Devil's Acolyte

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Amidst the myth and folklore of Tavistock, one tale above all others strikes fear into the hearts of the town s inhabitants that of the murders on the Abbot s Way whereby a young acolyte paid the price for stealing his abbot s wine when the devil himself led him to his death on the treacherous Devon moors.

Now, in the autumn of 1322, it looks as though history may be repeating itself. Abbot Robert has found his wine barrel empty, and a body has been discovered on the moors. Sir Baldwin Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock are called upon to investigate but it soon becomes apparent that it s not just wine that s gone missing from the abbey, and the body on the moor isn t the last.

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'Michael Jecks has a way of dipping in to the past and giving it the immediacy of a present-day newspaper article... writes with passion and historical accuracy. Devon and Cornwall do not seem the same after reading his dramatic tales' Oxford Times

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Michael Jecks gave up a career in the computer industry to concentrate on writing and the study of medieval history, especially that of Devon and Cornwall. He and his wife and daughter now live in northern Dartmoor.