The Merchant'S Tale (Oxford Medieval Mysteries)

Oxford, Autumn 1353. St Fridewide's Fair is a great annual event in Oxford, bringing together merchants and buyers from all over England and Wales, and from as far away as Flanders and France. Yet the earning from the fair, granted to the Priory of St Frideswide centuries before, are resented by the town, and resentment can turn to violence. Under the unscrupulous Prior de Hungerford, even more trouble is brewing. Nicholas Elyot is warned by intelligencer Alice Walsea that attendance at the fair may be used for something more sinister, and not all French merchants may be innocent. When a merchant from Flanders is attacked and an English traitor is murdered, can Nicholas disentangle the crimes hidden under cover of the fair?

Author: Ann Swinfen

Publisher: Shakenoak Press

Publication Date: Jul 26, 2017

Number of Pages: 282 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback/Murder

ISBN-10: 0993237290

ISBN-13: 9780993237294