1314, Paris. Pope Clement has destroyed the Order of Knights, Templar, wrongly persuaded of their corruption. Watching through a veil of tears as his friends die at the stake, a surviving knight swears vengeance on their accusers. 1316, Devon. The newly appointed bailiff of Lydford Castle, Simon Puttock, is called to the village where a charred body has been found in a burned-out cottage. Unaccustomed to violence in this peaceful area, Simon assumes it's accidental death - but Sir Baldwin Furnshill, recently returned from abroad, quickly convinces him that the victim had been killed before the fire began.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
1st Knights Templar mystery
Parallel Title
First Knights Templar mystery
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Templars-- England
Templars.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Furnshill, Baldwin, Sir (Fictitious character), Fiction.
Murder-- Investigation-- England-- West Country, Fiction.
Puttock, Simon (Fictitious character), Fiction.
Furnshill, Baldwin, Sir (Fictitious character)
Murder-- Investigation.
Puttock, Simon (Fictitious character)
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, History, Edward II, 1307-1327, Fiction.