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    The King's Bishop

    By Candace Robb

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    This tale of courtly intrigue and murder in fourteenth-century England is “a superb medieval mystery thoroughly grounded in historical fact” (Booklist).
     
    From the marshy Thames to the misty Yorkshire moors, murder stalks Welsh soldier-sleuth Owen Archer and one of his oldest friends.
     
    On a snowy morning in 1367, Sir William of Wyndesore’s page is found in the icy moat of Windsor Castle, and some whisper that the murderer was Ned Townley—a former comrade-in-arms of Owen Archer. Burdened with a reputation as a notoriously jealous lover, Ned cannot hope to clear his name; even Mary, his ladylove, is unsure of the truth. Hoping to put Ned out of harm’s way while solving the murder, Owen places his friend in charge of a mission to Rievaulx Abbey at the edge of the moors. But when the travelers receive news of Mary’s drowning, Ned vanishes into the wild.
     
    Riding out in search of his old friend, Owen does not know whether he will be Ned’s savior or executioner. With his one good eye, Owen sees more than most, but now he must find a way to penetrate the curtains of power that surround the Church and England’s royal court and discover the truth of Ned’s innocence or guilt . . .
     
    “Robb continues to adeptly blend politics with period detail and three-dimensioned characterizations in the Owen Archer tales.” —Publishers Weekly
     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 28, 2015
    ISBN9781626819788
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    Candace Robb

    Candace Robb has read and researched medieval history for many years, having studied for a Ph.D. in Medieval & Anglo-Saxon Literature. She divides her time between Seattle and the UK, frequently visiting York to research the series. She is the author of eleven previous Owen Archer mysteries and three Kate Clifford medieval mysteries.

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    • 4/5
      After a night of partying at the castle, a young page is found dead in the moat the next morning. The same young page that Owen’s friend Ned was seen having ‘words’ with. Since Ned is known to have a temper and the young man seemed to be friends with Ned’s woman, Ned is suspected of doing away with the lad. Lucky for Ned he was vouched for by the King’s mistress as to his whereabouts. Shortly after that Ned was sent as an escort to a party on the king's business. When they got to York, Owen was put in charge of the mission and he made Ned 2nd in command and split the parties. Owen was missing some key information and things didn’t turn out well. Enroute, one of the party attacked Ned, and then fled into the night. Ned was blamed, and after he learned his love had drowned, he also ran off. This turned out to be bad in more ways than one. And Ned seemed to keep making the worst decisions he possibly could, should he want to prove his innocence.Owen is put to the test trying to find out what is going on, who did what to who and who is guilty of what. The Archbishop, who set him on this task is also trying his hand at sleuthing, and is finding he has some knack for it, though, what he learns might not be to his liking. Several innocents were murdered and the blame seemed to sit on Ned, though there wasn’t any strong reason for him to have done such a thing.This was both reasonably tense and frustrating book. I was pretty sure before half way through the book who was responsible, but why took a little longer. However, as confident as I was it wasn’t Ned, he seemed hell bent on getting his neck stretched in a noose, and I understood Owen’s frustration with his friend, who kept his own council and continued to do rash things, despite Owen’s attempts at helping him. Still a well written book and a good story. Great series, I still recommend them!