The Cross Legged Knight - Candace Robb
Category: Mystery
Tags: Mystery, Historical Fiction
The Cross Legged Knight By: Candace Robb Narrated by: Stephen Thorne Series: Owen Archer, Book 8 Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins Unabridged Audiobook Release date: 09-03-2011 Language: English Publisher: Random House AudioBooks, England 1371. A solemn procession winds out of York Minster, after the funeral of Sir Ranulf Pagnell, patriarch of a powerful Yorkshire family. William of Wykeham, Bishop of Winchester, escorted the knights remains north after his death in France, but he is shunned by the family. They hold him responsible for failing to negotiate the Sir Ranulfs ransom. Only a few days later, Wykehams townhouse is found ablaze. The bishop has been staying with John Thoresby, Archbishop of York and is safe. But when the body of a young woman is discovered in the under croft, scandal threatens. Owen Archer is troubled. Was the fire an accident or arson? Was the woman left there to die or the fire intended to conceal her body? Stationing guards in front of the smouldering remains, he s
