Anna S. (annapi) reviewed on 1/3/2010 + 334 more book reviews

Another excellent Sister Frevisse story! This one is centered around the actual historical events of the Duke of Gloucester's death in 1447, which was believed to have been murder despite the claim of those who arrested him that he died from natural causes. His bastard son Arteys also existed, as well as the Bishop Pecock who befriends Sister Frevisse and Arteys as they attempt to escape the deadly tangle of political threads they find themselved enmeshed within. Frevisse is in the middle of the court politics because she is the cousin of the wife of the Marquis of Suffolk, who is believed to have been involved in Gloucester's arrest and subsequent death. More than in any of her previous books, Frazer cleverly weaves her story among events chronicled in history, which makes it all the more fascinating.

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