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Brother Athelstan must solve a theft from the royal treasure chamber and the murders of six executioners in this gripping medieval mystery.

London. January, 1382. The Crown''s treasury has been robbed. Tens of thousands of silver and gold coin mysteriously lifted from the most secure chamber in the kingdom; the five Clerks of the Dark who guarded the king''s treasure brutally garrotted. Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan are appointed to investigate - but Athelstan has problems of his own. Clement the Key Master, who helped fashion the complex locks to the royal treasure chamber, has been found strangled in the nave of Athelstan''s parish, St Erconwald''s church.

At the same time, six of the city''s hangmen have been savagely murdered, their bodies stripped. Pinned to each corpse is a scrawled note: Vengeance! The Upright Men never forget! The Guild of Hangmen who frequent the majestic tavern, The Hanging Tree, on the River Thames, ha

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      Publisher: Canongate Books
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 1/24/2022 12:11:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781448308958, 978-1448308958
      ISBN10: 144830895X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Brother Athelstan must solve a theft from the royal treasure chamber and the murders of six executioners in this gripping medieval mystery.

      London. January, 1382. The Crown''s treasury has been robbed. Tens of thousands of silver and gold coin mysteriously lifted from the most secure chamber in the kingdom; the five Clerks of the Dark who guarded the king''s treasure brutally garrotted. Sir John Cranston and Brother Athelstan are appointed to investigate - but Athelstan has problems of his own. Clement the Key Master, who helped fashion the complex locks to the royal treasure chamber, has been found strangled in the nave of Athelstan''s parish, St Erconwald''s church.

      At the same time, six of the city''s hangmen have been savagely murdered, their bodies stripped. Pinned to each corpse is a scrawled note: Vengeance! The Upright Men never forget! The Guild of Hangmen who frequent the majestic tavern, The Hanging Tree, on the River Thames, ha

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