A bizarre series of murders inside the court of Henry VIII is the center of this dramatic and colorful mystery in the tradition of Ellis Peters. In 1517 the English armies have defeated and killed James IV of Scotland at Flodden, and James's widow queen. Margaret, sister to Henry VIII, has fled to England, leaving her children behind and her crown under a Council of Regency. Sir Roger Shallot, a bon vivant with the sharpest wits and fastest legs in Christendom, and his friend Benjamin Daunbey, nephew to Cardinal Wolsey, are ordered to restore her to her throne. They encounter a murder conspiracy and bloody intrigue on every side. Dr. Selkirk, a half-mad physician imprisoned in the Tower, has information they need, but he is found poisoned in a locked chamber, guarded by soldiers, the only clue a poem of riddles. Other gruesome murders soon follow: at a haunted manor house in England; in the dark recesses of the Tower. The assassin is unknown, but always leaves a white rose - the mark of Les Blancs Sangliers, the secret society that plots the overthrow of the Tudor Monarchy.

The White Rose Murders

Clynes, Michael

Literature & Fiction

St Martins Pr

In the spring of 1523, Cardinal Wolsey's "beloved" nephew, Benjamin Daunbey, and the latter's rapscallion servant, Roger Shallot, are summoned to London. A Florentine envoy, Lord Francesco Abrizzi, has been foully murdered in Cheapside. He has been shot in the head by a new-fangled hand cannon and King Henry VIII, the "Great Beast" of Shallot's memoirs, is determined to unmask the perpetrators of this outrage. In London, Shallot experiences King Henry VIII's rage and spite, the insults of the Abrizzis, and a murderous attack on his own life. Shallot, a born coward with the fastest legs in Christendom, just wants to crawl away and hide, but Henry VIII and Wolsey are most insistent: Shallot and Benjamin are to journey to Florence, discover the identity of Lord Francesco's assassin, deliver a secret message to Cardinal Guilo de Medici, Prince of the Church and ruler of Florence, as well as inveigle back to England a Florentine painter. It sounds simple enough - but the reality is murderously different: they experience murder onboard ship, pursuit by Turkish corsairs, the Satanic rites of a black magician, and bloodshed on every side.

A Brood of Vipers: Being the Fourth Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Murders Perpetrated in the Reign of King Henry VIII

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

When the feared royal executioners begin to die grisly deaths themselves, Sir Roger Shallot must investigate

The Gallows Murders: Being the Fifth Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Murders Perpetrated in the Reign of King Henry VIII

The English have killed James IV of Scotland, and James's widow-queen, Margaret, sister to Henry VIII, has fled to England. Sir Roger Shallot and Benjamin Daunbey are ordered into Margaret's household to resolve certain mysteries. They begin by questioning Selkirk, a half-mad physician, who is subsequently found poisoned. The only clue is a poem of riddles, which contains the seeds for other gruesome murders. The faceless assassin always leaves a white rose, the mark of a secret society plotting the overthrow of the Tudor monarchy...

The White Rose Murders (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

Ulverscroft

'Lively historical whodunnit... Shallot himself is a splendid braggart, a Tudor Flashman.' - THE TIMES 'Cleverly twisting tale of murder and mayhem.' - BRIGHTON EVENING ARGUS 'Definitely another gem from one of the best historical mystery writers around.' - CADS Someone is blackmailing King Henry VIII by despatching threatening letters from the Tower under the name and seal of Edward, one of the princes supposedly murdered there. The King is terrified - and also intrigued by the mysterious and grisly murders occurring amongst the hangmen of London. Cardinal Wolsey turns to his nephew Benjamin Daunbey, and Daunbey's servant, Roger Shallot, to unmask the blackmailer and end the murders. When the King threatens that, unless the mysteries are resolved, Shallot will hang from the highest scaffold in the kingdom, the pressure mounts to find the answers.

The Gallows Murders (U) (Ulverscroft Large Print Series)

A Tudor whodunnit in the series featuring Roger Shallot. Discovering a lucrative trade in true relics, including Bethlehem straw and Herod's tooth, Shallot becomes involved in the underhanded dealings of his King and Cardinal Wolsey, and the dark world of criminal London. From the author of THE GALLOWS MURDERS and THE GRAIL MURDERS.

The Relic Murders: Being the Sixth Journal of Sir Roger Shallot Concerning Certain Wicked Conspiracies and Horrible Mur

British & Irish

F. A. Thorpe Publishers

A Brood of Vipers

In 1523, Benjamin Daunbey and Roger Shallot are summoned to London. A Florentine envoy has been murdered, and King Henry VIII is determined to unmask the perpetrators.

Ulverscroft Large Print Books

The white rose murders: Being the first journal of Sir Roger Shallot concerning certain wicked

Headline Book Publishing

In 1521, England is at peace under the magnificent Cardinal Wolsey, who rules the country while Henry VIII spends his time in masques, banquets and hunting, whether it be the fleet-footed deer or the even more delicious quarry of the silken-garbed ladies of the court.  But Richard Falconer, chief secretary of the English embassy in Paris, has been found mysteriously murdered. Wolsey believes that Falconer's death is connected with the disturbing news that there is a spy in the English court, or in its embassy in Paris, passing information to King Francis I of France. He summons his nephew, Benjamin Daunbey, and the wayward Roger Shallot to investigate. The only clue is the spy's code name, 'Raphael'.  King Henry has secret instructions of his own before the pair journey to Paris: to retrieve a precious ring, the subject of a wager, and a certain book that the King does not want to fall into enemy hands. They are not to return to England without them.  This novel was previously published under the pseudonym Michael Clynes.

Poisoned Chalice

Genre Fiction

Headline

In the summer of 1523, the hot weather and the sweating sickness provide a fertile breeding ground for terrible murders and the most treasonable conspiracies. King Henry VIII has moved the court to Windsor where he slakes his lusts whilst the kingdom is governed by his first minister, Cardinal Wolsey. Someone is sending the King threatening letters from the Tower, under the name and seal of Edward, one of the princes supposedly murdered there, demanding that great amounts of gold be left in different parts of London. If the orders are not carried out, proclamations will be published throughout the capital which, coinciding with the outbreak of plague, may make it look as though the hand of God has turned against the Tudors for usurping the throne. Wolsey has only two people to turn to: his beloved nephew, Benjamin Daunbey, and Daunbey's faithful servant, Roger Shallot. Benjamin and Roger become embroiled in the murky Tudor underworld and the pressure to solve the mysteries mounts when King Henry threatens that Roger Shallot's life depends on it.

The Gallows Murders

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