Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Outlaw’s Tale
Sister Frevisse must discover who robbed a rich landowner of his purse and his life–even if it means her own kin is condemned.
Author: Margaret Frazer
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Servant’s Tale
After taking in a troupe of players and a wounded husband, Sister Frevisse must find out if one of the actors is a murderer in masquerade–or face a very unmerry Yuletide season.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s The Novice’s Tale
I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library The Novice’s Taleby Margaret Frazer historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Berkley on November 1, 1993 and has 229 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include A Play of Knaves, A Play of Lords, A Play of Treachery, A Play of Piety, Murder Most Medieval: Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises, A Play of HeresyCoventry, Easter, plays, murder, spies, guilds, mercer, jealousy, Judas, theater, directing, acting, suicide, costumes, religious plays,, The Servant’s Tale, The Outlaw’s Tale, The Bishop’s Tale, The Murderer’s Tale, The Boy’s Tale, The Prioress’ Tale, The Maiden’s Tale, The Squire’s Tale, Clerk’s Tale, The Bastard’s Tale, The Hunter’s Tale, The Widow’s TaleFirst in the Sister Frevisse medieval mystery series revolving around a group of nuns, Dame Frevisse in particular. The series is based in St. Frideswide’s priory, a Benedictine order, in Oxfordshire. This particular story takes place in September in the Year of Our Lord’s grace 1431. My Take Okay, do not read […]
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Heresy
Bishop Beaufort sends Joliffe to spy on the elite of Coventry while the players perform. A murder Joliffe must unravel to stop a secret sect of heretics.
Book Review: Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers’ Murder Most Medieval: Noble Tales of Ignoble Demises
An anthology of thirteen tales of medieval murder from low to high and with justice in between.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Piety
With Bassett ill, the players must find work, and Joliffe finds it in a hospital with the ill-liked Mistress Thorncoffyn who insists someone is trying to kill her.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Treachery
While training in spycraft in France, Joliffe learns just how dangerous secrets can be when a member of the duchess’s household is murdered,…
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Lords
Playing spies amongst the contenders for the regency to young King Henry VI, Joliffe and company start to fear for their own lives when men who know too much begin to die.
Book Review: Margaret Frazer’s A Play of Knaves
Dark deeds are brewing in the village of Ashewell, and Joliffe and his fellow players are sent to uncover its secrets and stop the murders.