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The Stone of Destiny (A Brother Athelstan Mystery, 20) Paperback – September 28, 2021
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- Print length224 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherSevern House
- Publication dateSeptember 28, 2021
- Dimensions5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
- ISBN-101780297505
- ISBN-13978-1780297507
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Conjuring up medieval London in all its grime and glory, Doherty keeps readers guessing and the pages turning with another intricately plotted whodunit steeped in history ― Booklist on The Mansions of Murder
“A tortuous, fascinating historical mystery whose finally honed descriptions are not for the faint of heart” – Kirkus Reviews
Outstanding ... Doherty keeps the action brisk, the crimes baffling and the deductions and solution fair ― Publishers Weekly Starred Review of The Godless
A clever mystery neatly woven into a historically accurate rendering of life in a truly hellish London ― Kirkus Reviews on The Mansions of Murder
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- Publisher : Severn House (September 28, 2021)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 224 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1780297505
- ISBN-13 : 978-1780297507
- Item Weight : 10.9 ounces
- Dimensions : 5.5 x 0.75 x 8.5 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,733,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #2,167 in Medieval Historical Fiction (Books)
- #15,230 in Historical Mystery
- #24,678 in Amateur Sleuths
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About the author
Dr. Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough (North-East England) in 1946. After A-levels, he went to Ushaw College in Durham for three years to study for the Catholic priesthood. In 1967, he was admitted to Liverpool University where he gained a First Class Honours Degree in History and won a state scholarship to Exeter College, Oxford. While there he met his wife Carla Lynn Corbitt. He continued his studies but decided that the academic world was not for him and became a secondary school teacher.
Paul worked in Ascot, Newark and Crawley, before being appointed as Headmaster to Trinity Catholic High School, Woodford Green, Essex, in September 1981. Trinity is a large comprehensive (1700 on roll) which teaches the full ability range, ages 11-18. The school has been described as one of the leading comprehensives in the U.K. and has been awarded “Outstanding” in four consecutive OFSTED inspections. All seven of Paul and Carla’s children have been educated at Trinity.
Paul’s other incarnation is as a novelist. He finished his doctorate on the reign of Edward II of England and decided to start writing about the “undergrowth of history”, beginning with THE DEATH OF A KING, published in 1985. Since then, Paul has written over 100 books and has published a series of outstanding historical mysteries set in the Middle Ages, Classical Greece, Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. His books have been translated into more than twenty languages and are available in several formats, including large print, audio books, and more recently e-books.
He has been published under several pseudonyms: C. L. Grace, Paul Harding, Michael Clynes, Ann Dukthas and Anna Apostolou, but now writes only under his own name. Paul has also written a number of non-fiction titles, among them: ISABELLA AND THE STRANGE DEATH OF EDWARD II, a scholarly study of The Great Crown Jewels Robbery of 1303, THE SECRET LIFE OF ELIZABETH I, and a study of the mystery surrounding the death of Alexander the Great.
Paul lectures for a number of organisations, particularly on historical mysteries, many of which later feature in his writings. A born speaker and trained lecturer Paul loves to tell stories and “bring history to life.”
Dr Paul Doherty receiving his OBE
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I am a fan of Ellis Peters and Paul Doherty can and has weaved some of the finest stories told. He rivals Ellis Peters.
I am on to the Hugh Corbett mysteries now, whoopie! There is nothing like a great tale told by a pretty darn near excellent author!
Thank you Paul Doherty, may you never run out of tales to tell. I will read your books before any others suggested to me. Your books are superior to some others I have read. Read a good book, get comfortable and let a good author take you places, make Paul Doherty an author to follow.
Again thank you, your books are excellently wonderful reads.
A murderess is found out and condemned as “The Stone of Destiny” begins, the 20th in the Brother Athelstan series. The “boy” that betrayed the serial killer is left behind to remember what he’s done. No doubt we’ll see him again.
Flash forward a few years to 1381, and dead men in Westminster Abbey (locked rooms, naturally – Doherty’s specialty) will bring our hard-working, mystery-solving medieval priest and the larger-than-life Lord High Coroner Sir John Cranston together again in the long-running series by Paul Doherty. The dead are men who are “Guardians of the Stone” – the Stone of Scone – the Stone of Destiny, a sacred symbol of royal Scotland which just happens to be sitting in Westminster Cathedral.
Besides this little problem, there’s a new murderer in town – The Flayer, who’s doing ghastly things to his victims, unwary prostitutes that he’s tracking down and killing. Wonder where he got that idea?
We have a visitor from Scotland to get in the way, who’s busy recording information about The Great Revolt. He wants to interview Brother Athelstan’s parishioners. There’s more to this of course, which becomes very clear as the book progresses. Doherty is a master at weaving plotlines together. And what part does the Scottish royal regalia play in it all? A note at the end of the book will (probably) explain it. Note: it will.
Athelstan and Cranston figure everything out, of course. A vast conspiracy – what else is new? And now they must tread oh so carefully, for they have put themselves in harm’s way.
Hopefully readers won’t be starting with this book. It will help to already know the parishioners of St. Erconwald and their interesting lives; Sir John and his family, John of Gaunt, that menacing figure, the bailiffs, the poor and the proprietors of the ale houses, all the people that populate these books. Doherty will set out their stories a bit, but since this series has been going on for a while, he can’t explain everything. I do hope you have already been on Brother Athelstan’s journey – you will have enjoyed every step along the way.
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Lesevergnügen in englischer Sprache.
Not the best, but ok.