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The Unquiet Bones- The First Chronicle of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeonby Melvin R. Starr Having read the Second Chronicle in this series I was delighted to receive this First Chronicle and it did not take me long to have read this too! Set in the fourteenth century, Hugh is a young man starting on his career as a surgeon and trying to attract customers to his room in an Inn in Oxford. Fortunately for him an accident occurs below his window and he is able to help the injured man who turns out to be Lord Gilbert Talbot, Lord of the castles of Bampton, and of Goodrich. As a result, Hugh moves into Bampton to serve this Lord and his people as their Surgeon. Very soon Lord Gilbert asks him to examine some human bones found in the castle cess-pit. This leads to a search for the identity of the dead girl and to the subsequent finding of more bodies and their murderers. A murder story with historical interest which gives an insight into the lives of the people of this time. Review by Mary Bartholomew (22/12/09) |
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| Paperback Price: £8.99 Publisher: Monarch imprint of Lion Hudson Published: 2008 ISBN: 978-1-854-24885-5 View this book on its own page >> |
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Unhallowed Ground- The Fourth Chronicle of Hugh de Singleton, Surgeonby Mel Starr Mel Starr sets his tales about Hugh de Singleton in the English countryside of the 14th century. In Unhallowed Ground the Bailiff of Lord Gilbert Talbot tries to discover who murdered Thomas, the most disliked man in the village, and who tried to make his death look like suicide. This is no easy task as Thomas had so many enemies. In the process Hugh is attacked and has his arm nearly cut off with a knife, his pregnant wife is in fear of her life and their home is set on fire and burnt to the ground. This gripping thriller has much to commend it as it recounts the life of the peasant people in the middle ages where they had to contend with bondage, rules, regulations, myth and superstition. Review by Guy Marshall (19/11/11) |
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| Paperback Price: £8.99 Publisher: Monarch imprint of Lion Hudson Published: September 2011 ISBN: 978-0-857-21058-6 View this book on its own page >> |
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