"This is a skillfully plotted, delightfully written genre-bender with appealing characters, bold adventure, and dark intrigue. Top notch!" Booklist Starred Review
May 1199: a party of five from Hawkenlye Abbey is summoned to the Ile d'Oleron by Queen Eleanor and have journeyed hundreds of miles for more than three weeks to reach their destination. The queen has summoned Abbess Helewise and her party to discuss the building of a chapel at the abbey, dedicated to the well-being of the soul of her dear son King Richard.
Meanwhile Sir Josse d'Acquin receives secret orders of a very different kind that set him on the trail of a group of mysterious knights rumoured to be devil worshippers. As Helewise heads for home, Josse follows his quarry to Chartres, where at night in the shadows of the new cathedral he meets the last person he expects to find there: Joanna. And she has grave problems of her own . . .
| ISBN: | 9781847510983 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 2009 |
| Author: | Alys Clare |
| Publisher: | Severn House an imprint of Joffe Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 240 pages |
| Series: | A Hawkenlye Mystery |
| Genres: |
Historical crime and mysteries |
"This is a skillfully plotted, delightfully written genre-bender with appealing characters, bold adventure, and dark intrigue. Top notch!" Booklist Starred Review
May 1199: a party of five from Hawkenlye Abbey is summoned to the Ile d'Oleron by Queen Eleanor and have journeyed hundreds of miles for more than three weeks to reach their destination. The queen has summoned Abbess Helewise and her party to discuss the building of a chapel at the abbey, dedicated to the well-being of the soul of her dear son King Richard.
Meanwhile Sir Josse d'Acquin receives secret orders of a very different kind that set him on the trail of a group of mysterious knights rumoured to be devil worshippers. As Helewise heads for home, Josse follows his quarry to Chartres, where at night in the shadows of the new cathedral he meets the last person he expects to find there: Joanna. And she has grave problems of her own . . .
The Joys of My Life features in the following genres: Historical crime and mysteries
The Joys of My Life is available in Paperback
The Joys of My Life was written by Alys Clare and published by Severn House an imprint of Joffe Books
The Joys of My Life has 240 pages
Yes it is part of A Hawkenlye Mystery series