The story is of a relic which is cursed by its protector as his family is slain: allegedly a piece of the cross of Jesus Christ, stained by His blood. This is an interesting experiment in a sort of shared world alternate history in which six mystery writers combine to create a single tale across Medieval England. I know not all books are for all people and I will likely get this as a handheld book to read and pay closer attention.and read it someplace without distractions.like work can be.silly work. I have a collection of Arthurian legend, saw this book in a review, put it on the WWBL and then found out there's a series of books by this team who call themselves Medieval Murderers. The story made me laugh and care about the characters.Īll that said, I will be getting more of this series of books, especially KING ARTHUR'S BONES, the reason I started looking for this team of authors. The only time I could truly understand the story was when it moved up to William Shakespeare's time. They died before I had a chance to know them or the people solving the crimes or the people doing the killing or even why the killing was occurring, except part of it was to get the relic back from whoever had it. My issue was not following who was dying and it seemed like there were a lot of victims with each story.
I got that the relic was supposedly cursed and death followed in its wake. It took me a little while to get into the story and then to understand everything that was going on. I listened to this at work and that might have been part of my not digging it as much as I could have. Finally, it's despatched to London, where it falls into the hands of Elizabethan players and where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate. Eventually, it arrives in Cambridge, in the middle of a contentious debate about Holy Blood relics that really did rage in the 1350s, where it meets Matthew Bartholomew and Brother Michael (Susanna Gregory). Next, it appears in a story by Ian Morson, solved by his character, the Oxford academic Falconer, and then it migrates back to Devon to encounter Sir Baldwin (Michael Jecks). After several decades, the relic appears in Devon, where it becomes part of a story by Bernard Knight, set in the 12th century and involving his protagonist, Crowner John. The relic is said to be cursed and, after three inexplicable deaths, it finds its way to England in the hands of a thief. The anthology centres around a piece of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ, which falls into the hands of Geoffrey Mappestone in 1100, at the end of the First Crusade.
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