Available:*
Material Type | Library | Call Number | Suggested Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Searching... Cabell County Public Library | F DOHERTY, P. C. | Adult | Searching... Unknown |
Bound With These Titles
On Order
Summary
Author Notes
Mystery writer P. C. Doherty was born in Middlesborough, England. He is probably best known for the series which includes Ghostly Murders, A Tournament of Murders, A Tapestry of Murders, and An Ancient Evil. Other works include The Rose Demon, Satan's Fire, and The Devil's Hunt.
Doherty also has published under the pen names of Paul Harding (The Nightingale Gallery) and Michael Clynes (The White Rose Murders).
(Bowker Author Biography)
Reviews (2)
Publisher's Weekly Review
What actually did happen to those princes who disappeared from the Tower of London? British writer Doherty, whose The Angel of Death recreated medieval London, now focuses vividly but more narrowly on the brief, anguished reign of Richard III. The king, target of vicious rumors, covertly appoints his old friend and chamberlain, Francis, Viscount Lovell, to dig up the facts of the boys' fate. Francis, doubting but loyal, doggedly questions everyone who might know something--including two on the brink of execution. And he keeps up his interrogations even after Richard's death, until at last he knows the whole truth. Readers may or may not buy this solution, but it's reasonable and said to be based on documentary evidence. Doherty's account of a savage era carries gripping scenes of prisons and palaces, smoky taverns and the misty Thames, murders, plots, spies, secret rooms that become secret tombs, the bloody battle of Bosworth and one extremely gruesome execution. (Mar.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Medievalist Doherty, best known for his Hugh Corbett series (Spy in Chancery, etc.), here has Francis, Viscount Lovell, chamberlain to Richard III, narrate a ""factional"" account of what became of the little princes in the Tower. Instructed by Richard to investigate Tower Custodian Brackenbury's claim that the children have disappeared, Lovell must decide whether the wily Richard had them abducted under his secret order--even murdered--or whether it was a Lancastrian conspiracy to discredit the king. Does Richard, in fact, want to know what happened, or does he know already and hope to cover up? Lovell's conclusion breaks no new ground and is not nearly so nicely phrased as Alan Grant's in Tey's definitive The Daughter of Time. Despite endless compilations of period detail (clothing worn, games played, etc.), a lifeless interpretation of one of England's most complex eras. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
