Saint Peter's Fair
by:
Ellis Peters (author)
The great annual Fair of Saint Peter at Shrewsbury, a high point in the citys calendar, attracts merchants from far and wide to do business. But when an unseemly quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastery as to who shall benefit from the levies the...
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The great annual Fair of Saint Peter at Shrewsbury, a high point in the citys calendar, attracts merchants from far and wide to do business. But when an unseemly quarrel breaks out between the local burghers and the monks from the Benedictine monastery as to who shall benefit from the levies the fair provides, a riot ensues. Afterwards a merchant is found dead, and Brother
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ASIN: B00LUZNVZK
Publisher: MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pages no: 255
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Mystery,
Detective,
Christian,
Historical Mystery,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Fiction,
Historical
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