The Bells of Westminster
Oct 2024 · Serpent's Tail
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* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR *
* A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH *
'A splendid romp from a wonderfully clever historical novelist' - TELEGRAPH
'An exhilarating voyage into another era' - FINANCIAL TIMES
He looked as if he had just received some very bad news. In that he was certainly right, for he was perfectly and incontrovertibly dead...
London, 1774. Susan Bell - daughter of the kindly Dean of Westminster - enjoys a pleasantly uneventful life within the confines of the abbey. That is until a group of scholars from the Society of Antiquaries comes armed with a letter from King George III, giving them permission to exhume Edward I and examine his body.
As they prepare to open the tomb, a ghostly figure is seen wandering the cloisters, wearing the crown of the dead king. Then one of the Antiquaries is found viciously murdered, and the corpse of Edward I is stolen. With the abbey in uproar and her father's position under threat from the scandal, Susan feels bound to investigate. Could one of the Society's members be harbouring a deadly secret, or is one of the abbey's own a killer?
The new historical mystery from the bestselling author of Black Drop, Blue Water and Scarlet Town. Perfect for readers of Andrew Taylor, Laura Shepherd-Robinson and S.J. Parris.
* A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH *
'A splendid romp from a wonderfully clever historical novelist' - TELEGRAPH
'An exhilarating voyage into another era' - FINANCIAL TIMES
He looked as if he had just received some very bad news. In that he was certainly right, for he was perfectly and incontrovertibly dead...
London, 1774. Susan Bell - daughter of the kindly Dean of Westminster - enjoys a pleasantly uneventful life within the confines of the abbey. That is until a group of scholars from the Society of Antiquaries comes armed with a letter from King George III, giving them permission to exhume Edward I and examine his body.
As they prepare to open the tomb, a ghostly figure is seen wandering the cloisters, wearing the crown of the dead king. Then one of the Antiquaries is found viciously murdered, and the corpse of Edward I is stolen. With the abbey in uproar and her father's position under threat from the scandal, Susan feels bound to investigate. Could one of the Society's members be harbouring a deadly secret, or is one of the abbey's own a killer?
The new historical mystery from the bestselling author of Black Drop, Blue Water and Scarlet Town. Perfect for readers of Andrew Taylor, Laura Shepherd-Robinson and S.J. Parris.
* A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR *
* A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION PICK OF THE MONTH *
'A splendid romp from a wonderfully clever historical novelist' - TELEGRAPH
'An exhilarating voyage into another era' - FINANCIAL TIMES
He looked as if he had just received some very bad news...
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About the author
Leonora Nattrass studied eighteenth-century literature and politics, and spent ten years lecturing in English and publishing works on William Cobbett. She lives in Cornwall, in a seventeenth-century house with seventeenth-century draughts, and spins the fleeces of her Ryeland sheep into yarn. Her first novel, Black Drop, was published in 2021, and was a Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month. Her second, Blue Water, was published in 2022 and was a Waterstones Thriller of the Month. Her third novel, Scarlet Town, was published in 2023 and shortlisted for the CWA Historical Dagger award.
Leonora Nattrass studied eighteenth-century literature and politics, and spent ten years lecturing in English and publishing works on William Cobbett. She lives in Cornwall, in a seventeenth-century house with seventeenth-century draughts, and spins the fleeces of her Ryeland sheep into yarn. Her...
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