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This wonderful medieval mystery centers around Sir John de Wolfe, coroner of the County of Devon. The setting is County Fair and tournament during the reign of Richard the Lion Hearst. A dead man has washed out from the river. He is quickly identified as a silversmith who was evidently robbed, along with his assistant, who is discovered injured but healing at a nearby priory. One of the alleged murderers is soon found to be a blacksmith under the protection of Sir Hugo Peverale, a local knight and bully who has just disgraced himself at a tournament. Soon, Sir Hugo is found, himself murdered at his manor of Sampford Peverale. Sir John is on the case. Complicating matters, however, is the appearance of Richard D'Revelle, the former Sheriff who was discharged due to embezzlement and sympathy for and support of Prince John In his fight to overthrow Richard. Sir John, a staunch Richard the Lion Heart supporter, must solve the mystery in spite of D'Revelle and Sir Hugo's brothers. the killer is ultimately unmasked and justice meted out as it could only be during this era.


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Figure of Hate A Crowner John Mystery Bernard Knight 9780743492140 Books Reviews

All of Bernard Knight's books are fantastic. After the first one I read I went on and ordered as many of the others as I could find.
I find this series very satisfying--good characterization, a dollop of humor, an engaging plot, and a good enough mystery, though not very hard to solve.
The story was alright but the author is more intent on giving long passages of discription then he is in advancing the story. It begins and ends well, but for most of the book, nothing happens.
Another excellant story by Bernatd Knight theu just keep gettng better.
All the other 5 star reviews are on target .The whole series is a good view of the 12th century England. Written for men but not so much violence that women would be put off. The history is accurate and the mystery is intriguing. I found the references to amorous feeling or activity to be appropriate to the story and the century. If you like the kind that Ken Follett novels contain you will be disappointed.
#9 Crowner John historical mystery set in 1190's Devon. Lots of upheavals in the Crowner's life as the new Sheriff, who displaced his treacherous brother-in-law, begins dispensing the law. While honest, he's rather plodding and lazy and tends to let John handle most things. John's wife Matilda, an extremely socially conscious woman concerned with the neighbors' opinions and her diminishing status, seems to have developed a drinking problem after the fall of her brother from the highly lucrative Sheriff's position.

And it's tournament season--jousting and melee are just beginning to gain popularity, and John is asked to referee at a joust to be held during the Exeter fair, given his battle experience as a knight of the realm. One of the knights, a local manor lord, behaves very badly after losing his joust (which meant losing his horse, armor and often a good chunk of money to the winning knight) and John publicly chastises him for his unchivalrous behavior. The coroner later meets up with Hugo Peverel a second time when he's found stabbed several times in the back in one of his barns on the manor. Soon his death is tied to two other previous deaths and the Crowner must figure out which of the man's friends or family killed the odious man--not an easy task with a wealth of suspects at hand, and it's further complicated when his brother-in-law Richard, a friend and neighbor of the family, throws in his support for them.

I like this series a lot; the books seem to be well-researched and the author always has some interesting notes to read, too. Despite John's crabbiness, I like him and his secondary characters. The one thing that bothers me (and I know I've mentioned this before) is the constant use of the same verbs, often "animal sounds" attributed to the characters as they're speaking. For example, the Crowner, who is a rather gruff, curmudgeonly fellow, often snaps, growls or barks. His dandified brother-in-law frequently brays. If it wasn't for this, I would tend to rate the books higher, but at times it happens very frequently and is distracting enough to pull me right out of the story. I still look forward to the next one, though.
The Peverels of Sampford Peverell kept their manor as it had been in the time of the Conqueror, a very closed and violent place. Hugh Peverell was instrumental in his father's death and he and his brother planned to shorten his widow's life as well.

A series of crimes, each one worse than the one before kept kept Crowner John coming into their sphere with sometimes disastrous results. Bernard Knight gives excellent period detail to a stark
time to be alive, with laws just beginning to approach any type of justice.

This was one of the best ones I have read, the series just kept getting better. Crowner John and his retinue are vibrant characters. Three more to finish all 15 books, these sandwiched between others. I wholeheartedly recommend the series.
This wonderful medieval mystery centers around Sir John de Wolfe, coroner of the County of Devon. The setting is County Fair and tournament during the reign of Richard the Lion Hearst. A dead man has washed out from the river. He is quickly identified as a silversmith who was evidently robbed, along with his assistant, who is discovered injured but healing at a nearby priory. One of the alleged murderers is soon found to be a blacksmith under the protection of Sir Hugo Peverale, a local knight and bully who has just disgraced himself at a tournament. Soon, Sir Hugo is found, himself murdered at his manor of Sampford Peverale. Sir John is on the case. Complicating matters, however, is the appearance of Richard D'Revelle, the former Sheriff who was discharged due to embezzlement and sympathy for and support of Prince John In his fight to overthrow Richard. Sir John, a staunch Richard the Lion Heart supporter, must solve the mystery in spite of D'Revelle and Sir Hugo's brothers. the killer is ultimately unmasked and justice meted out as it could only be during this era.