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Description edit
Alan, the beadle of the manor of Bampton, had gone out at dusk to seek those who might violate curfew. When, the following morning, he had not returned home, his young wife Matilda had sought out Master Hugh de Singleton, surgeon and bailiff of the manor. Two days later his corpse was... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Master Hugh: Surgeon and bailiff, main character
- Henry Atte Bridge: Suddenly wealthy cottar, dislikes Hugh
- Gilbert Talbot: Hugh's lord and employer
- Alan: Beadle, found dead
- Master John Wyclif: Scholar and mentor
- Bruce: Hugh's horse
- John Kellet: Priest of St. Andrews
- Edmund: Add a description of this character.
- Kate Caxton: Daughter of a stationer, liked by Hugh
- Alice: Serving girl
- Wilfred
- Thomas De Bowlegh
- Emma: Henry's wife
- Walter
- Hubert Shillside
- John Holcutt
- Robert Caxton: Kate's father
- Thomas Atte Bridge: Henry's brother
- Matilda: Alan's widow
- John Prudhomme: Hugh's colleague
- Richard
- Simon Osbern
- Philip
- Gerard
- William
- Margery
- Alvescot
- Joan: Lord Gilbert's sister
- Will Shillside
- Edward
- Father Simon
- Ralph
Setting & Locations edit
England of the 1360s
- Bampton: Hugh's home
- Oxford: Large city near Bampton, home of Wyclif
- High Street
- Witney
- Mill Street
- Exeter
- Pembroke
- Broad Street
- France
- Bridge Street
- New Canterbury Hall
- Weald
- Cambridge
Series & Lists edit
This is book 2 of 4 in Hugh de Singleton. (standard series)
Preceded by The Unquiet Bones, and followed by A Trail of Ink.
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- Melvin Starr (Author)
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Page Count: 304
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- Dewey: 813.6
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