Falconer's Judgement - Hardcover

Morson, Ian

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ISBN 10: 0312139713 ISBN 13: 9780312139711

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1996

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In the second mystery in the series featuring the Inspector Morse of thirteenth-century Oxford, Regent Master William Falconer - daringly progressive teacher, Aristotelian philosopher, and amateur sleuth - it is 1264 and Pope Alexander lies dying. As the cardinals scheme in Rome, a murderer in England plots a dark and deadly plan.
In Oxford, political intrigue abounds. The rich and powerful flock to Papal Legate Cardinal Otho, who hopes to become the Vicar of Christ, while the king promotes the candidacy of his brother, Richard of Cornwall. Meanwhile, Regent Master William Falconer races to decode papers sent to him by his mentor, Friar Roger Bacon, who has been exiled to Paris. The power struggle within the church hierarchy turns lethal, however, when Cardinal Otho's brother is killed by an assassin's arrow and blame falls upon a rioting student. Soon several other students are wrongly accused of a string of bizarre murders, and Falconer, professor and philosopher extraordinaire, must find the murderer in order to save their lives.

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About the Author:

Ian Morson studied at Oxford University and lives in Berkhamsted, England. He is the author of Falconer's Crusade.

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In 1261, England's King Henry III faces nobles and commoners disaffected with his foreign advisers, while factions in Europe vie for control of the papacy as Alexander IV lies dying in Rome. Into this turbulent stew falls William Falconer, Regent Master of the University of Oxford (first encountered in Falconer's Crusade), who attempts to save some students accused of killing Sinibaldo, the master of cooks and brother of the much-unloved Bishop Otho, Papal Legate to England and a candidate for the Holy See. After the chief suspect is murdered, Falconer applies Aristotle's deductive logic, which he has learned from his friend Roger Bacon, to sift though ecclesiastic and worldly plots. He is aided by Knight Templar Guillaume de Beaujeu, sent from Rome to pursue his own order's ends, and Ann Segrim, the unhappy wife of one of the local plotters. Based on a true incident, this lively tale of medieval Oxford offers period detail along with a first-rate mystery in which the coerced aid of a doom-preaching Dominican friar becomes part of the solution.
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