Set in late medieval Sherborne, and against the back drop of the Battle of the Fonts, Matthias Barton puts himself and his household into unwitting danger as he strives to unravel murder amongst the monks of the Abbey.
Set in late medieval Sherborne, and against the back drop of the Battle of the Fonts, Matthias Barton puts himself and his household into unwitting da...
A stranger in Sherborne fleeing justice from murder in another town causes a young apprentice working on the Abbey misericords serious injury. When young Luke, stepson to Matthias Barton, becomes involved with the felon an unhappy rift is revealed in the Barton household. The disappearance of Luke causes Matthias to leave the school in the hands of his wife and Martin Cooper, as he and Ezekiel Jacobson attempt to find Luke before he meets an unpleasant fate. Their trail takes them along the South coast of England following a gang of ruthless wool smugglers, who are not afraid to kill to...
A stranger in Sherborne fleeing justice from murder in another town causes a young apprentice working on the Abbey misericords serious injury. When y...