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    Winter King, The: A Hawkenlye 13th Century British Mystery
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    Winter King, The: A Hawkenlye 13th Century British Mystery

    By Alys Clare

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    The death of an unpopular nobleman brings trouble to Sir Josse’s family, in the latest Hawkenlye mystery

    All Saint’s Eve, 1211. An overweight but wealthy nobleman, desperate for an heir, dies at the celebration feast he’s thrown in his own hall. A natural death . . . or at the hands of his reluctant new wife?

    Sabin de Gifford, an apothecary and healer of note, is called to examine the body, and concludes that he died of a spasm to the heart. But she is troubled, all the same, and beset by suspicions. Did the man really die of a heart attack? Or was something more sinister to blame?

    There is only one person Sabin can turn to for help: fellow healer Meggie, daughter of Sir Josse d’Acquin. But what she requires of her is dangerous indeed . . .
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSevern House Publishers
    Release dateApr 1, 2014
    ISBN9781780104942
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    Winter King, The: A Hawkenlye 13th Century British Mystery
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    Alys Clare

    Alys Clare lives in the English countryside where her novels are set. She went to school in Tonbridge and later studied archaeology at the University of Kent. She is also the author of the Hawkenlye, Aelf Fen and Gabriel Taverner historical mystery series.

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      I found the three/four story lines confusing, they finally did tie in...Josse's daughter Meggie is a "Forest Person" and when the disgusting husband of an abused timid young wife dies during a feast, Meggie is called in by the local Herbal-woman (wife of the sheriff) to give her "opinion"....The man was not poisoned (as feared) but victim of a barely discernible stab wound. His wife had been giving him an herbal to keep him impotent as well as taking one to keep her from becoming pregnant, which of course she obtained from the Sheriff's wife..... In order to not have blame placed on either of them, they both accuse Meggie of poisoning the husband, then stabbing him afterwards in order to mask the true cause of death....Meanwhile, two people are having rantings predicting the death of the "Winter King" and are being used to instill fear in the people.Two cousins are found; 1 murdered, the other barely conscious raving about a great secret adventure that they plan on joining in.... When the 2nd dies of his wounds, a friend who has followed behind is also found dead....Somehow all of these seemingly different stories come together and Meggie is (of course) vindicated