A Head for Poisoning

Author:   Simon Beaufort
Publisher:   Canongate Books
Edition:   Main
Volume:   2
ISBN:  

9781847516022


Pages:   384
Publication Date:   30 November 2015
Format:   Paperback
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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The second book in the critically acclaimed medieval mystery series featuring Sir Geoffrey Mappestone In the year 1101, Sir Geoffrey Mappestone returns to his home at Goodrich Castle on the Welsh border. He is travelling in the company of a knight who claims to be carrying an urgent message for King Henry I. When the knight is killed during an ambush, Geoffrey feels obliged to deliver the message to the King himself, but quickly regrets his decision when the King orders him to spy on his own family in order to ferret out a dangerous traitor. Geoffrey returns home to find his father gravely ill and his older brothers and sister each determined to inherit the Mappestone estate. Geoffrey's father claims he is being poisoned by one of his own children, a claim no one takes seriously until he is found murdered with his own knife in the dead of night. Geoffrey's investigation of the murder, however, takes him far beyond a family quarrel. Accusations are flying, and Geoffrey must prove his own innocence in the face of greed and fear. The villainous Earl of Shrewsbury is clearly implicated, and as Geoffrey delves deeper, he discovers a plot that reaches far beyond the realm of Goodrich Castle to that of the entire kingdom: the assassination of the King.

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Author:   Simon Beaufort
Publisher:   Canongate Books
Imprint:   Severn House
Edition:   Main
Volume:   2
Dimensions:   Width: 13.70cm , Height: 2.90cm , Length: 21.50cm
Weight:   0.487kg
ISBN:  

9781847516022


ISBN 10:   1847516025
Pages:   384
Publication Date:   30 November 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Simon Beaufort is a pseudonym for a pair of academics formerly at the University of Cambridge, both now full-time writers. One is an award-winning historian, the other a successful crime writer under the name Susanna Gregory.

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