Knight’s Tale
by M J Trow
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Pub Date 3 Aug 2021 | Archive Date 31 Jul 2021
Canongate Books | Severn House
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Description
April, 1380. About to set off on his annual pilgrimage, Comptroller of the King’s Woollens and court poet Geoffrey Chaucer is forced to abandon his plans following an appeal for help from an old friend. The Duke of Clarence, Chaucer’s former guardian, has been found dead in his bed at his Suffolk castle, his bedroom door locked and bolted from the inside. The man who found him, Sir Richard Glanville, suspects foul play and has asked Chaucer to investigate.
On arrival at Clare Castle, Chaucer finds his childhood home rife with bitter rivalries, ill-advised love affairs and dangerous secrets. As he questions the castle’s inhabitants, it becomes clear that more than one member of the Duke’s household had reason to wish him ill. But who among them is a cold-hearted killer? It’s up to Chaucer, with his sharp wits and eye for detail, to root out the evil within.
A Note From the Publisher
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781780291352 |
| PRICE | CA$38.99 (CAD) |
| PAGES | 224 |
Featured Reviews
Rachel A H, Media/Journalist
It is spring in 1380 and Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and Comptroller of the King’s Woollens is keen to leave his apartment in London and go on his annual pilgrimage to Canterbury. But instead he ends up helping his old friend Sir Richard Glanville find out who murdered his former guardian the Duke of Clarence in his old childhood home Castle Clare.
I’ve read quite a few of this author’s books and have enjoyed them all, this one included. You can expect plenty of humor as well as a good underpinning of research as Chaucer revisits the home where he grew up and has to sift through a large number of secrets and suspects. He meets an old flame, play a strange board game, take part in a pageant dressed as a shepherd and nearly gets eaten by a lion among other things – you can tell that there is a lot going on in here. Chaucer and the other characters are all well drawn, well rounded creations you care about and the background of the castle comes to life as well. If you have read the Canterbury Tales you will chuckle as I did at plenty of oblique references to them but if you haven’t it doesn’t matter, as this can be enjoyed for what it is above all – a rollicking historical mystery that I hope is the first in a series.
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