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The brothers of the abbey of St Martin's-in-the-Marsh pay little heed to the tales of robber baron Sir Geoffrey Mandeville's ghost galloping through the Lincolnshire fens with a retinue of ghastly horseman. They may hear the shrill blast of a hunting horn, or see the corpse candles glowing in the dark, but their comfortable life is protected by a high wall and their powerful abbot. Until Abbot Stephen, a friend of the King, is found dead and Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, arrives to investigate.
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Corpse Candle: A mystery featuring medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett, Paul Doherty
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- 2001
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- Title
- Corpse Candle: A mystery featuring medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Paul Doherty
- Publisher
- Headline
- Publisher
- 2001
- ISBN10
- 0747272905
- ISBN13
- 9780747272908
- Category
- Detective / Thriller
- Description
- The brothers of the abbey of St Martin's-in-the-Marsh pay little heed to the tales of robber baron Sir Geoffrey Mandeville's ghost galloping through the Lincolnshire fens with a retinue of ghastly horseman. They may hear the shrill blast of a hunting horn, or see the corpse candles glowing in the dark, but their comfortable life is protected by a high wall and their powerful abbot. Until Abbot Stephen, a friend of the King, is found dead and Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the King's Seal, arrives to investigate.