NK - Doherty books

[Jennifer Carlson]

I love Doherty's books.  "Spy In Chancery" is excellent, as is "Prince of 
Darkness."  His works are hard to find, though.  Most bookstores in town 
don't stock his titles.

There are several mystery writers who set their stories in the middle ages 
and renaissance.  If you'd like some recommendations, let me know.  In the 
meantime, enjoy the Doherty!

Talana
Devotee of Brother Cadfael, Sister Frevisse, Falconer, The Queen's Head 
Players, etc.

-----Original Message-----
From:	The Suarez Family [SMTP:somerled at mciworld.com]
Sent:	Wednesday, August 18, 1999 3:44 PM
To:	Northkeep at Ansteorra.ORG
Subject:	RE: NK - Doherty books



Hi all,

 We just made our usual trip to the library, which I had put off for WAY to
long. I ran across some books in the Mystery section by P.C. Doherty. They
are apparently a series of mystery novels based roughly in the 13th 
Century.
The jacket say that the author holds a doctorate from Oxford in History and
specializes in Medieval studies. We got "Spy in Chancery". Some of the 
other
titles are "Death of a King", "Satan in St. Mary's", "The Crown in
Darkness", "The Whyte Harte", and "The Evil Within:A Knights Pilgrimage".
Has anyone read any of these? I was hoping that they might be good for
Stonie and perhaps Christopher (iffy for him) to read, especially if the
settings for the stories are fairly historically accurate.

 We also picked up "What Life Was Like in the Age of Chivalry" that has a
ton of pictures and looks like good info from scanning it. (Christopher has
already been pouring through this one!) I went ahead and got "Kings, 
Queens,
Knights and Jesters: Making Medieval Costumes" as well. It says that it has
unstructions for three basic clothing styles and pictures from tapestrys,
etc to show how certain things were worn.

 I would love to hear comments and suggestions about any of these
selections!

Thanks,
Janece
somerled at mciworld.com