Axe for an Abbot: An Italian Renaissance Whodunit
Language: English
Published by St Martins Press, New York, 1996
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- Hardcover
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Stated : First U.S. Edition February 1996, in addition to complete letter line including number one. Hard cover in very good condition with blue boards and silver gilt spine lettering. Small nick at edge of top rear board. Text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Dust jacket in likewise very good condition; bright & colorful; not price clipped. * This is a tale in the Italian Renaissance Whodunit series.
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- Title
- Axe for an Abbot: An Italian Renaissance Whodunit
- Author
- Eyre, Elizabeth
- Publisher
- St Martins Press, New York
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 031213925X
- ISBN 13
- 9780312139254
- Edition
- First U.S. Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction
Tricked into a murder, Sigismondo finds himself in the middle of a no-holds-barred political melee for the possession of La Feconda, the fabled and jewel-encrusted cross said to bring fertility to its owner.
When an important abbot is found dead - with Sigismondo's axe sticking out of his back - the cover-up sweeps into the highest offices of Renaissance Italy. Dukes, cardinals, and even the Pope jealously put their forces in motion to recover the missing relic and to keep an eye on a raving monk whose visions may he more meaningful than they seem.
The tough and honorable Sigismondo will do whatever it takes to set things right and return La Feconda to its proper place in the shrine of Sheggia, but this means crossing swords with the most vicious and powerful families of the land.
Ever attended by his slow-witted aide Benno, the resourceful knight enlists a sly assassin and master of disguises, a thief, a very wicked woman, and an old flame with a jealous husband in his quest to restore order.
Fervent religion, cold-blooded murder, medieval lust, and back-stabbing politics all feature in this gem of a Renaissance free-for-all.
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Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
This series adventure, set in the Italian Renaissance, finds protagonist Sigismondo's career in jeopardy. His axe has killed an important abbot, and a jeweled cross is missing. Another skillful work from the pseudonymous Jill Staynes and Margaret Storey.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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