The Song of a Dark Angel (Ulverscroft Large Print Series) [Large Print] [Library Binding]

P. C. Doherty (Author)

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Publication Date: October 1996 | Series: Ulverscroft Large Print Series

A medieval mystery.

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About the Author

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 400 pages
• Publisher: Ulverscroft Large Print (October 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0708936113
• ISBN-13: 978-0708936115
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,629,518 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Book Eight in the Hugh Corbett Mysteries, October 21, 2006

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J. Chippindale (England) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Song of a Dark Angel (Hugh Corbett Mysteries 08) (Paperback)

This is the eighth book in the series of medieval mysteries featuring Sir Hugh Corbett. Obviously this is one of Paul Doherty's earlier offerings and he has since written many more books and is now an established author of medieval novels and has also added a number of novels on Egypt to his ever growing list of titles. Having said that it is one of his earlier offerings does not mean that it is inferior to his current books, quite the opposite. The Hugh Corbett mysteries were and are extremely popular and Paul Doherty is still adding to them.

November, 1302 and Sir Hugh Corbett, Keeper of the Secret Seal and a spy for Edward I together with his servant Ranulf, ex bully boy and occasional thief are sent to a manor in the frozen wastes of Norfolk. A cold and merciless wind springs up sweeping the land and sending a chill through the villagers of the hamlets along the coast. It is called the Dark Angel because of the effect it has, but it is as nothing compared to the ice in the human heart.

A headless corpse is found on the beach. At the same time a young woman is found hanging from the gallows. Corbett is soon embroiled in these gruesome deaths and also into the death of an old nun. Did she slip or was a human hand involved in her fall on to the rocks. The Lord of the Manor has his won secrets and the local villagers do not seem to take too kindly to the presence of outsiders.