The Stallions of Woodstock (Domesday Series Book 6)

Domesday Bks.: The Stallions of Woodstock No. 6 by Edward Marston (1998, Hardcover, Revised)

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Two of William the Conquerer's officials ride through As Marston's seventh excellent Elizabethan theater mystery after The Silent Woman opens, Lord Westfield's Men are performing in the yard of the Queen's Head when the lead character misses his cue. It's not stage fright: Marston's fourth novel set in the world of Elizabethan theater will have its audience calling for encores. Brimming with life, colorful dialogue and, of course, drama, the story follows the tribulations of Nicholas Bracewell, stage manager of the Sparkling with humor, dramatic twists and deft turns of phrase, the sixth adventure of Marston's Elizabethan acting troupe exhibits all the aplomb and panache that mark its lead player, Lawrence Firethorn.

A fire at the Queen's Head, home of Stage manager Nicholas Bracewell must juggle his company, his patron and a murder investigation in Marston's fifth Elizabethan-era theater mystery, which features political intrigue along with low and high comedy. Fellow actors in a troupe called Since the chief suspect in the murder of an Italian Edgar nominee Marston one of several pseudonyms of British author Keith Miles offers his 12th engaging, leisurely Elizabethan theater mystery The Devil's Apprentice, etc.

Edgar nominee Marston sends in the clowns in his 13th Nicholas Bracewell mystery after 's The Bawdy Basket , once again providing an engaging look at the life of players in Shakespeare's day, with their aristocratic sponsors, resident The prolific Marston the Domesday Books series, etc. Robert Colbeck, a former attorney now serving as an inspector in the Marston The Merry Devils here skillfully develops an engaging tale of murder, politics and general mayhem focused on the travels and tribulations of Westfield's Men, a 16th-century, London-based troupe.

As the Great Plague decimates the city, Right from the start of British author Marston's clever historical, the 14th entry in his Nicholas Bracewell series after 's The Vagabond Clown , troubles beset the Westfield Players. Bracewell's sleuthing skills are much needed Having drawn back from entering a monastery to marry his beloved Alys, he is highly educated and has a fine legal mind.

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Nov 28, Spuddie rated it liked it. Another decent book in this series set a couple of decades after William the Conqueror stormed the shores of the British Isles. Sir Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret are commissioned by the King to travel around settling land disputes, levying taxes and keeping the Domesday Book up to date.

Traveling with them in place of the ailing Canon Hubert is a new member of the team who is soon to be discovered not at all what he seems. The group is also accompanied by Sir Ralph's new wife Golde, a Saxon wo Another decent book in this series set a couple of decades after William the Conqueror stormed the shores of the British Isles. The group is also accompanied by Sir Ralph's new wife Golde, a Saxon woman he met on one of their previous cases.

A horse race gone wrong--one of the contestants was murdered along the race course--is detracting from the settlement of the land dispute the commissioners have come to hear, but as their new member has been dismissed and Canon Hubert has not yet arrived, Ralph and Gervase take an interest in the murder since the disputants are also involved in the horse race. I really like this time period, and the stories are generally quite good, although the dialogue feels unnaturally stiff most of the time.

It's what I've come to expect, though. I still like the series well enough to carry on reading. Excellent Excellent read Good plot, a touch of humour in delivery, and good historical narrative, - which I hope is reasonably accurate. Nov 07, Cat. This is in the Domesday Book series, in which the commissioners travel to Oxford from Winchester to oversee counter claims on property, as is their job. This time, Canon Hubert and Brother Simon have been sricken ill and are replaced by another commissioner and scribe.

The new scribe is a friendly sort, not particularly solemn and quiet different in every way from Simon; the new commissioner is also quite different from the man he replaces.

For one thing he is much more prone to a military view This is in the Domesday Book series, in which the commissioners travel to Oxford from Winchester to oversee counter claims on property, as is their job. For one thing he is much more prone to a military view of the world. This would seem to put him and Relph Delchard on similar footing, but somehow he seems much less likable.

When they arrive in Oxford, it is to find the castle in a small uproar: He is summarily thrown into the dungeon: Quite soon the commissioners are presented with a case they cannot resolve amicably. Maurice Pagnal insists on resolving against the church claimant, while the other two are less easily persuaded.

The Stallions of Woodstock (Domesday, #6) by Edward Marston

Finally, the monk representing the church rises to charge Pagnal with taking a bribe. In private, he confesses to Ralph and Gervase that the monk isn't wrong; they forcefully tell him to leave Oxford immediately, and then they send for Canon Hubert. In the meantime, all commission activities cease. There follows a horse-theft, a suicide a young garrison chorister, the former star of the chapel choir, who was forced to quit by her brother and who, despairing, took rat poison--she was pregnant , the beating of the owner of the stallion by a jealous husband, the release of the murder suspect, and the attempted rape of another choir soloist.

This is a complicated book, with lots of red herrings and a much more complex plot than the norm.

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While it's clear fairly early on who killed the knight, it's not clear why, nor is it clear why this individual would do several of the things we know he's doing. Probably the best of the series so far. Feb 13, Ensiform rated it really liked it Shelves: Volume VI of the Domesday Series. This time the commission is lacking Canon Hubert, due to illness, and his replacement is another gruff soldier, Maurice Pagnal.

Another town and another murder this one during a horse race, the victim the knight of a landowner involved in a dispute. The usual subplots and red herrings abound is Maurice all he appears to be? Why has the daughter of another lord killed herself, and who is the father of her unborn child? Jan 01, Booknblues rated it really liked it Shelves:

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