Corpse Candle

Doherty, Paul

ISBN 10: 0747271658 / ISBN 13: 9780747271659

Published by Headline, London, 2001

About this Item

London: Headline:, 2001. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, 310 pp. Cover artwork by: Sally Taylor A mystery featuring Doherty's medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett. First edition, Hardcover, Fine in Fine dust jacket, Seller Inventory # 13274

Bibliographic Details

Title: Corpse Candle

Publisher: Headline, London

Publication Date: 2001

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Sally Taylor

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

The brothers of the abbey of St Martin's-in-the-Marsh pay little heed to the tales of robber baron Sir Geoffrey Mandeville's ghost galloping through the Lincolnshire fens with a retinue of ghastly horseman. They may hear the shrill blast of a hunting horn, or see the corpse candles glowing in the dark, but their comfortable life is protected by a high wall and their powerful abbot. Until Abbot Stephen, a friend of the King, is found dead and Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, arrives to investigate.

About the Author:

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesborough. 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.