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Crowner's Crusade

By: Bernard Knight
Narrated by: Colin Mace
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1192: Returning from the Holy Land at the end of the Third Crusade, Sir John de Wolfe, finds England simmering with rebellion and the body of the king’s courier washed up on the shores of the River Exe. Tasked by the Chief Justiciar to discover why the man died and who killed him, Sir John is drawn unwillingly into affairs of state. His new career as a king's coroner is about to begin.…

©2012 Bernard Knight (P)2012 W F Howes Ltd Historical Mystery Fiction Middle Ages Royalty Crusade
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Enjoyed the book but struggled a bit with the narration. Overall though a good listen

A good introduction

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This book was interesting, giving background to the character of Crowner John. I enjoyed it.

Crowner's Crusade

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A very enjoyable story filling in a few missing links for the series, though it did take some time to get going, I think this was unavoidable because it was a story that had to be told.
Colin did a great job of the narrating, getting into the characters very well. Not the best in the series by a long mark but worth the listen if you are a fan none the less

Prequel for crowner John

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Nothing earth-shatteringly original but sometimes what you need is to slip into a book like a comfy pair of slippers. This does that perfectly.

First in series

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this is the 1st book from this set of book a is very enjoyable read.

a very good read

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