The Rose Demon - Softcover

Paul Doherty

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ISBN 10: 0747217661 ISBN 13: 9780747217664

Publisher: Headline, 1997

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It is 1453, Constantinople is about to fall and the Byzantine Emperor decrees that two knights destroy a tomb in the palace, which contains a beautiful princess. When attempting to obey their orders, the air becomes perfumed with the scent of roses and she comes to life. Nearly twenty years later in England they are still haunted by her.

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Historically informative, skillfully plotted, and superbly entertaining, these novels are the work of a master storyteller. Paul Doherty, who earned a doctorate in History from Oxford University, is the author of a number of successful historical mystery series, including The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan, the Alexander the Great mysteries, and the Hugh Corbett medieval mysteries. Writing pseudonymously as C.L. Grace, he is also the author of The Canterbury Tales of Kathryn Swinbrooke series.

About the Author:

Paul Doherty was born in Middlesbrough. He studied History at Liverpool and Oxford Universities and obtained a doctorate for his thesis on Edward II and Queen Isabella. He is now headmaster of a school in north-east London and lives with his family in Essex.

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