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The Stallions of Woodstock: Medieval Mysteries (Domesday) Paperback – June 17, 2010

by Edward Marston (Author)

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Book 6 of 11 in the Domesday Series

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Edward Marston's Domesday books continue to attract readers with their rich period detail and tightly plotted, suspenseful mysteries. Now once again, with The Stallions of Woodstock, he vividly re-creates the years immediately following the Norman conquest of England.

Just outside of Oxford, three powerful Norman lords and a downtrodden Saxon watch as their most valued horses race near the forest of Woodstock. A great deal of money and even more pride are at stake, and the owners will do almost anything to ensure a win. But the race takes a deadly turn when one of the riders is stabbed and thrown from his mount before he can cross the finish line.

On the same day, Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret, Domesday commissioners on behalf of the King, travel to Oxford where they've been asked to settle a land dispute. When news of the race reaches them, however, the rider's murder eclipses their original assignment. Several people stand to gain from the death, and Ralph and Gervase must find the truth in a town determined to hide its secrets.

The Stallions of Woodstock is an engrossing, finely crafted historical mystery, evoking the cruelty and the beauty of the eleventh-century Domesday age.

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The sixth installment of Marston's solidly written Domesday series (The Serpents of Harbledown, etc.) is every bit as entertaining as its forerunners. Gervase Bret and Ralph Delchard, commissioners to King William the Conqueror, are sent to Oxford, England, to settle a land dispute and soon find themselves embroiled in a murder investigation. Three Norman lords, Wymarc, Milo Crispin and Bertrand Gamberell, along with a Saxon, bet against each other in a horse race that turns deadly when Gamberell's jockey is murdered. Oxford sheriff Robert d'Oilly brutally arrests a suspect, but Bret and Delchard are skeptical of his rush to justice and decide to unravel the complex situation. Further distress follows as Wymarc's sister, a former choir singer under the deceptive Chaplain Arnulf, mysteriously commits suicide. D'Oilly fumes and fusses over the upcoming visit of a prominent Norman bishop and Oxford's apparent disorder, while Arnulf moves in on his new protege and the murderer runs loose. Despite the seeming infallibility of Bret and Delchard, the mystery, as the others in this readable series, brings to life the turmoil of an England torn between Norman and Saxon, where the conquered's underlying resentment of the conquerors often bubbled over into murder.
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Marston breathes life once more into 11th-century England with this addition to his Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret series. This time, the pair investigate the stabbing death of a prominent rider during a horse race. A likely selection for historical fans.
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Series: Domesday
Paperback: 204 pages
Publisher: Ostara Publishing (June 17, 2010)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1906288410
ISBN-13: 978-1906288419
Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 0.4 x 5.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 10 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,982,243 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24165 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Genre Fiction > Historical > Mysteries
- #24182 in Books > Mystery, Thriller & Suspense > Mystery > British Detectives

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Cindi

Another exciting mystery

April 6, 2015

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If you like mysteries and English history,as I do, you'll enjoy reading Marston's novels set during the years following the Norman Conquest. Each novel takes place in a different county in England. They read almost like a travelogue. But there's also a baffling mystery to be solved--such fun!
This sixth novel in the Domesday Chronicles involves murder, horse theft, an attempted assassination of a Catholic bishop and attempted rape--quite a lot of action and scoundrels to suspect. I'm ready for the next novel in the series.

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Snowshoe

Entertaining

April 3, 2017

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Another very good entry in a really good Medeviel series. The pots are always well thought out and the characters well developed.

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January 4, 2015

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You may think you have it all figured out - then comes the twist. Love it.

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Oregon Grandma

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November 29, 2014

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It was an ok book but nothing special!

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J. Chippindale

Sixth Book in a Wonderful Series

December 4, 2006

Format: Hardcover

Edward Marston is the pseudonym of Keith Miles, a fairly prolific and extremely good writer of mainly Elizabethan and medieval mysteries. He has also written mysteries under his own name with both sporting and golf backgrounds. However it is primarily the books that take place earlier in history that I am interested in. He read modern history at Oxford and has had many jobs, including university lecturer, but fortunately for all his readers, he turned to the writing profession.

After reading the first book in the series, I avidly sought out all the other books by Edward Marston and not a single one has ever disappointed me. They are about a period of history that I love. His Elizabethan theatre series of books were wonderful and he has continued them through from 1988 to 2006. The Domesday series is also a great series and this is the second book in the series.

The Domesday series is about a period in England's history shortly after the Norman conquest , during the reign of William the Conqueror. It was King William himself who called for an `inventory' to assess taxes and survey landholdings. This inventory was called the Domesday book and was a tremendous undertaking, but one that brought stability to England. Edward Marston's Domesday novels are based upon actual entries in the Domesday Book.

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booknblueslady

I love this series

January 3, 2013

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I've come to love Marston's Domesday Books with Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret as the king's commisioners who settle property disputes, but always seem to be caught up in a murder as well. In this one a man is murdered during a horse race between 4 man who are in a property dispute.

I love the setting and Edward Marston always does enough research to bring it to life and make it interesting. In The Stallions of Woodstock we learn about bishop of Coutances, Geoffrey de Montbray who during the Revolt of the Earls ordered that all rebels have their right foot cut off, certainly a gruesome way to settle the score and to prevent further rebellion.

It isn't a mystery that will be impossible to solve although there are several interesting side stories and paths in it. I'm planning on continuing to read the series and would encourage those who love a medieval mystery to give them a try.

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Shirley Schwartz

Excellent historical mystery from a little-known era

March 12, 2009

Format: Hardcover

Marston's Domesday books are set in England during the time of William I. I love the historical information that comes out with each book, but I also love the mysteries. These are complex and not easy to figure out. This book is set in and around the community of Woodstock. Gervaise and Ralph are sent to settle land disputes and find themselves in the middle of murder and mayhem. The book includes horse races, choirs and marital infidelity. It makes for an action-packed story, that kept me turning pages. This is a wonderful series for historical mystery buffs.

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