Lent, 1469
The recent wars between the House of York and the House of Lancaster seem over. The Yorkist King Edward sits on his throne in Westminster, while the Lancastrian claimants are in exile or under lock and key in the Tower.
But within the family of York there is discord. The Earl of Warwick...
England: October, 1463.
The great slaughter of the battle of Towton is two years past, but England is still not at peace. The Northern Parts of the land remain in the hands of the Lancastrian king, while in the south, the princes of the house of York prepare for war.
Uneasy alliances are forged an...
February, 1460: in the bitter dawn of a winter's morning a young nun is caught outside her priory walls by a corrupt knight and his vicious retinue.
In the fight that follows, she is rescued by a young monk and the knight is defeated. But the consequences are far-reaching, and Thomas and Katherine...
James Crack, amerykański profesor metasymboliki paraliteralnej i ekspert w dziedzinie łamania kodów, zostaje wciągniety w zagadkową śmierć Gordona Sanitaire'a - kustosza brukselskiej Grand Bibliotheque. Początkowo policja prosi go o pomoc w wyjaśnianiu tej ohydnej zbrodni; wkrótce okazuje się, iż cr...