The Rose Demon

P. C. Doherty (also as Paul Doherty, Paul C. Doherty, Michael Clynes, Ann Dukthas, C. L. Grace & Paul Harding)

ISBN 10: 0747217661 / ISBN 13: 9780747217664

Published by Headline 1997 First Edition First Printing, 1997

About this Item

Headline 1997 First Edition First Printing Bruised at top and base of spine and page edges a little browned else Fine book in slightly creased, price-clipped, Dust Jacket ''Matthias Fitzosbert is the illegitimate son of the parish priest of the village of Sutton Courteny. Despite the recent spate of murders near the village, each day he braves the dark woods that lead to the ruins of Tenebral to visit his friend, a mysterious hermit who shows him many strange and beautiful things and who tells him about Rosifer, the fallen angel who was God's gardener. ''.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rose Demon
• Publisher: Headline 1997 First Edition First Printing
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0747217661
• ISBN 13: 9780747217664
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Book Type: Book

About this title

Synopsis

It is 1453, Constantinople is about to fall and the Byzantine Emperor decrees that two knights destroy a tomb in the palace, which contains a beautiful princess. When attempting to obey their orders, the air becomes perfumed with the scent of roses and she comes to life. Nearly twenty years later in England they are still haunted by her.

About the Author

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.