內容簡介
這是1100年7月7日。耶路撒冷謊言被洗劫一空。在一片混亂中,一位英國的騎士委託有宗教遺蹟:真正的十字架的一個片斷,據說沾滿了
基督的寶血。這件文物據說是詛咒:凡摸的話,它將遇到一個不合時宜的和令人不愉快的結束。幾十年、十字會擁有一個經銷商、搶劫和謀殺了,途中格拉斯頓伯里。調查死亡,伯納德騎士的主角,Crowner約翰得知了黑暗的歷史。在牛津,1269年被斬首的發現引導伊恩Morson和尚的學術偵探威廉Falconer揭開一個連結,連結到遺址。1323年,在埃克塞特,麥可Jecks '先生鮑德溫有理由懷疑它參與至少五暴力死亡。三十年後,一些可疑的死亡都是發生在劍橋——而且,再一次,這些受污染的一個重要組成部分遺蹟已經玩了。最後,它派遣去倫敦,在那裡菲利普Gooden尼克Revill將決定其最終的
命運。
簡介譯文
It was July, 1100. Jerusalem lies ransacked. Amidst the chaos, an English knight is entrusted with a valuable religious relic: a fragment of the True Cross, allegedly stained with the blood of Christ. The relic is said to be cursed: anyone who touches it will meet an untimely and gruesome end. Several decades later, the Cross turns up in the possession of a dealer, robbed and murdered en route to Glastonbury. Investigating the death, Bernard Knight's protagonist, Crowner John learns of its dark history. In Oxford in 1269, the discovery of a decapitated monk leads Ian Morson's academic sleuth William Falconer to uncover a link to the relic. In 1323, in Exeter, Michael Jecks' Sir Baldwin has reason to suspect its involvement in at least five violent deaths. Thirty years later, several suspicious deaths occur in Cambridge - and, once again, the tainted relic has a crucial part to play. Finally, it's despatched to London, where Philip Gooden's Nick Revill will determine its ultimate fate.
作者簡介
伯納德·奈特,一位病理學家高級總公司,是九本書的作者在CROWNER約翰系列。麥可JECKS是作者的聖堂武士系列,它描述了在德文郡的農民生活在愛德華二世。前警員格雷奇恩的小說蘇珊娜特徵馬修巴多羅買,劍橋醫生在這個時期的黑死病後立即。Cornwall-based伊恩MORSON是作者的FALCONER系列、菲利普GOODEN謀殺謎團。莎士比亞寫
BERNARD KNIGHT, a senior Home Office pathologist, is the author of nine books in the CROWNER JOHN series. MICHAEL JECKS is the author of the TEMPLAR series, which describes life among the Devon peasants under King Edward II. Former police officer SUSANNA GREGORY's novels feature MATTHEW BARTHOLOMEW, a Cambridge physician in the period immediately after the Black Death. Cornwall-based IAN MORSON is the author of the FALCONER series, and PHILIP GOODEN writes Shakespearean murder mysteries.