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The Sempster's Tale

Book 15 of the Sister Frevisse series

Dame Frevisse is in London to recover gold from the coffers of the murdered Duke of Suffolk and give it to her cousin. Frevisse's co-conspirators in this secrecy are seamstress Anne Blakehall and her lover, a Jewish trader smuggling the gold through Anne's shop. But their mission is jeopardized when a crucified body is discovered, supposedly scarred with Hebrew letters, stirring up anti-Semitic sentiment in the populace.

Genre
british mysterymysteryhistorical fictionmedievalhistorical mystery
Themes
religion
Setting
medievalenglandbritish
Subject
history
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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