The Cup of Ghosts (Mathilde of Westminster Trilogy, Book 1): Corruption, intrigue and murder in the court of Edward II - Softcover

Doherty, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0755328752 ISBN 13: 9780755328758

Publisher: Headline, 2006

Synopsis

By 1322, Mathilde of Westminster was considered the finest physician in London. But in her years as lady-in-waiting to Princess Isabella, she was drawn into the murky politics of the English court, where sudden, mysterious death was part of the tapestry of life.

Many years later, Mathilde looks back and chronicles her turbulent life. With her sharp, suspicious intellect ready to distinguish between a fatality and an unnatural death, Mathilde is confronted by a host of chilling murders. The source of these horrors is the fierce political rivalry between Philip of France and Edward of England. This manifests itself in a series of gruesome killings, one of which actually took place during Edward II's Coronation, when a knight of the Royal Household, Sir John Baquelle was crushed to death.

About this title

Review:

Praise for Paul Doherty's other novels: 'I really like these medieval whodunnits (Bookseller)

A romping good read (Time Out)

Historically informative, excellently plotted and, as ever, superbly entertaining (CADS 20)

This rich tale ... seeps authenticity and is written with wonderfully efficient style. A gem of an historical thriller (Huddersfield Daily Examiner)

Book Description:

The first in the series featuring Mathilde of Westminster is played out against the glorious, violent and decadent court of Edward II where ghosts throng, and old sins and innocent blood cry to heaven for vengeance

About this edition

• Publisher: Headline
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0755328752
• ISBN 13: 9780755328758
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416