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In 1522 the rogue Roger Shallot and his sober-sided master Benjamin Daunbey are sent for by Cardinal Wolsey. Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, has been arrested for treason and Benjamin and Roger are made to witness his bloody execution. The true reason for Buckingham's downfall soon becomes apparent: he was searching at Templecombe Manor and Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset for two precious relics - the Holy Grail and Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur. Benjamin and Shallot are ordered to Templecombe, accompanied by the leaders of King Henry VIII's dreaded secret service, the Agentes in Rebus, to find these relics for the King. They must pit their wits against the Templars, a secret organisation plotting against the Tudors of which Buckingham may have been a part and who may still have a member of their society close to the crown. The difficulties that wily Shallot - running true to his boast of possessing the fastest legs and quickest wits in Christendom - has to face soon make their presence felt: a duel, blackmail, the curses of a witch, the grisly hand of glory, decapitated heads, mysterious fires - and silent murder in the eerie Templar chapel. This novel was previously published under the pseudonym Michael Clynes.… (más)
Tras los episodios relatados en Los crímenes de la rosa blanca y El cáliz envenenado, Roger Shallot cuenta en esta nueva entrega de sus memorias el caso de Stafford, duque de Buckinham, quien, en su búsqueda del Santo Grial y Excalibur, tuvo la osadía de enfrentarse a los templarios. Actuando en la sombra y sin hacer mucho ruido, los templarios están intrigando para acabar con los Tudor y, además de aclarar la muerte de Stafford, Shallot deberá desenmascarar al templario que se ha infiltrado en la corte.
Tras los episodios relatados en Los crímenes de la rosa blanca y El cáliz envenenado, Roger Shallot cuenta en esta nueva entrega de sus memorias el caso de Stafford, duque de Buckinham, quien, en su búsqueda del Santo Grial y Excalibur, tuvo la osadía de enfrentarse a los templarios. Actuando en la sombra y sin hacer mucho ruido, los templarios están intrigando para acabar con los Tudor y, además de aclarar la muerte de Stafford, Shallot deberá desenmascarar al templario que se ha infiltrado en la corte
In 1522 the rogue Roger Shallot and his sober-sided master Benjamin Daunbey are sent for by Cardinal Wolsey. Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, has been arrested for treason and Benjamin and Roger are made to witness his bloody execution. The true reason for Buckingham's downfall soon becomes apparent: he was searching at Templecombe Manor and Glastonbury Abbey in Somerset for two precious relics - the Holy Grail and Excalibur, the sword of King Arthur. Benjamin and Shallot are ordered to Templecombe, accompanied by the leaders of King Henry VIII's dreaded secret service, the Agentes in Rebus, to find these relics for the King. They must pit their wits against the Templars, a secret organisation plotting against the Tudors of which Buckingham may have been a part and who may still have a member of their society close to the crown. The difficulties that wily Shallot - running true to his boast of possessing the fastest legs and quickest wits in Christendom - has to face soon make their presence felt: a duel, blackmail, the curses of a witch, the grisly hand of glory, decapitated heads, mysterious fires - and silent murder in the eerie Templar chapel. This novel was previously published under the pseudonym Michael Clynes.
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