The Novice's Tale by Ann Swinfen
When the novice Emma Thorgold goes missing from Godstow Abbey in the summer of 1353, the hunt is on throughout the Oxfordshire countryside. Bookseller Nicholas Elyot and scholar Jordain Brinkylsworth are anxious to help the girl, but her stepfather has other intentions. Why is he so determined to shut her away for life? Or worse? And will she be found unharmed?Ann Swinfen is the author of The Chronicles of Christoval Alvarez, a critically regarded series. It follows a young Marrano physician who is recruited as a code-breaker and spy in Walsingham's secret service in the late sixteenth century. The Hidden World of Christoval Alvarez, The Enterprise of England, The Portuguese Affair, Bartholomew Fair, Suffer the Little Children, Journey to Muscovy, The Play's the Thing, That Time May Cease, and The Lopez Affair are the volumes in chronological sequence. Her Fenland Series is set in the seventeenth century in East Anglia. Both men and women battle fiercely to rescue their land from selfish and unscrupulous speculators in the first book, Flood.
The second book, Betrayal, follows the story of the oppressed villagers' perilous hunt for legal redress and protection at a time when few could be trusted. Her most recent series, Oxford Medieval Mysteries, is set in the fourteenth century and follows bookshop Nicholas Elyot, a young widower with two little children, and his university companion Jordain Brinkylsworth as they fight crime in the post-Black Death era. The Bookseller's Tale, The Novice's Tale, The Huntsman's Tale, and The Merchant's Tale are the books in order. This series, as well as the Christoval Alvarez series, are available as unabridged audiobooks.
She's also the author of two stand-alone novels. The Testament of Mariam, set in the first century, tells one of the most renowned and yet unclear episodes in human history from an unusual point of view, while also addressing life under a foreign occupying power in countries plagued by strife to this day. This Rough Ocean is based on the real-life events of the Swinfen family during the English Civil War in the 1640s, when John Swynfen was imprisoned for opposing the king's assassination, and his wife Anne was forced to battle for the survival of her children and dependents. Ann Swinfen now lives with her husband, a former vice-principal of the University of Dundee, a rescue cat named Maxi, and a cocker spaniel named Suki on the northeast coast of Scotland.
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| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780993237256 |
| ISBN 10 | 0993237258 |
| Title | The Novice's Tale |
| Author | Ann Swinfen |
| Series | Oxford Medieval Mysteries |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shakenoak Press |
| Year published | 2016-09-23 |
| Number of pages | 264 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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