Abbess of Meaux mysteries
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Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 2
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Minotaur Books
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English
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In the midst of a long, bleak winter in the year 1383, a brave and brilliant nun embarks on a quest for a precious relic. She will need remarkable skills to survive because there are many who want her mission to fail--and one, above all, who plans a deadly revenge.
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Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 3
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Minotaur Books
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English
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The intrepid Abbess Hildegard is on the case when a young woman begs for protection after witnessing a violent crime against a backdrop of the Mystery Plays debut in 1385 York.
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Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 4
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Minotaur Books
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English
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When her loyalty and intelligence capture the attentions of King Richard II, Abbess Hildegard becomes a reluctant spy in a politically torn Parliament that hastily gathers at Westminster, where the throne is endangered by enemies on all sides.
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The dragon of Handale , Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 5
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Late December, 1389. Ordered to undertake a gruelling three-day journey to bleak Whitby Abbey in the far north of England in a bid to purchase the Abbey's priceless Holy Relic – a lock of St Hild's hair, said to be 700 years old – Hildegard of Meaux and her three companion monks arrive to find the Abbey a decidedly unwelcoming place, a place of strange customs and practices very different to their modest lifestyle at Meaux. Nor, as Hildegard discovers,...
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Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 11
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English
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February 1390. The Church seethes with rebellion. Newly elected Pope Boniface faces a challenger: the anti-pope Clement, who sows discord from his power base in France.
The quarrel threatens the very survival of the Cistercian Order. So, when suspicions grow that distant Beaulieu Abbey may turn traitor, Hildegard's prioress summons her with a mission she can't refuse: travel to the isolated royal abbey and spy out their true allegiance.
The public...
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Abbess of Meaux mysteries volume 12
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English
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A storm is coming . . . Can nun sleuth Hildegard solve the murder of a lay sister before the rising flood waters trap her with a cunning killer?
Autumn, 1394. All is not well at Swyne Priory. Dissension has arisen amongst the nuns. The new novices whisper in corners, spreading malicious rumours and sharing dark secrets.
The Prioress gives Hildegard an order: search out the cause of this unrest, and put a stop to it. But before Hildegard can investigate,...