The Nightingale Gallery: Being the First of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan

By Paul Doherty

Book Overview

It is 1376, and the famed Black Prince has died of a terrible rotting sickness, closely followed by his father, King Edward III. The crown of England is now left in the hands of a mere boy--the future Richard II--and the great nobles have gathered like hungry wolves around the empty throne. A terrible power struggle threatens the country, and one of London's powerful merchant princes is foully murdered within a few days of Edward's death. Coroner Sir John Cranston and Dominican monk Brother Athelstan are ordered to investigate, and the body count begins to rise, Cranston and Athelstan are drawn ever deeper into a dark web of intrigue.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688112250
• ISBN13: 9780688112257
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Paul Doherty fan!

I love anything Paul Doherty writes! I love his Hugh Corbett series, Athelstan.....his research into the history he writes about is phenomenal. When I read his stories I feel as though I'm right there in the middle of that century and can smell the smells and see the sights. His books are the only ones I keep! They are my treasures!

Too much padding

I like the characters and the plot, but the book is full of disgusting descriptions repeated over and over. You know, once is plenty. Perhaps the book wasn't quite long enough and the only thing Doherty could think of to lengthen it was to pad it with verbal pictures of the revolting environment. Granted, these descriptions are true, but enough already! Given that this is the first book I've read in is series, I doubt I'll read another.