The Lions of the North - Domesday, Bk 4 Author:Edward Marston (writing as A. E. Marston) Domesday commissioners Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret expect another routine mission when they are sent to settle a land dispute in the distant town of York. But it nearly comes to an abrupt end when the party is viciously attacked outside the city by the notorious Olaf Evil-Child and his men. Hastening on to York, the royal envoys feel safer a... more »s guests in the castle of Aubrey Maminot. Until, that is, they learn of their host's unusual pets -- guardian lions Romulus and Remus.
Ralph and Gervase discover that dark events occurred before their arrival -- a nocturnal intruder in the castle was quickly dispatched by the lions. Who was the intruder and what did he want? Why is Aubrey's usually gracious wife so insulting to Golde? And what strange power does Ludovico, Keeper of the Beasts, have over the lions of the north?« less