Domesday books
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Domesday books volume 1
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English
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Ralph Delchard, a soldier who fought at the Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, a talented lawyer, have been commissioned by William the Conqueror to look into irregularities brought to light during the compilation of the Domesday Book, the great survey of England. Their investigations take them throughout the kingdom, but the pair often find themselves embroiled in more sinister mysteries in the towns they visit. The King's work is a dangerous...
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Domesday books volume 2
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English
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"In 1086, England's mighty king, William the Conqueror, sends out surveyors and census takers to record the resources of his land and its people. Some welcome these inquisitive royal agents and their "day of judgment." Others hate them. But wherever the king's men go they bring excitement-and sometimes murder ... Hamo FitzCorbucion tortures his Saxon slaves, insults the Norman gentry, and steals his neighbors' land. Now William the Conqueror's Domesday...
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Domesday books volume 3
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English
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Ralph Delchard, a soldier who fought at the Battle of Hastings, and Gervase Bret, a talented lawyer, have been commissioned by William the Conqueror to look into irregularities brought to light during the compilation of the Domesday Book, the great survey of England. Their investigations take them throughout the kingdom, but the pair often find themselves embroiled in more sinister mysteries in the towns they visit. The King's work is a dangerous...
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Domesday books volume 4
Language
English
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One island of wealth and luxury remains in the war-torn lands of Yorkshire, the castle of merchant Aubrey Maminot which holds two great terrors: the rogue Olaf Evil Child, a hero of the poor and conquered Saxon people, and the ravenous lions Maminot keeps as pets. The lions make a feast of an anonymous young man who tries to sneak into the castle. Why would someone commit such an act of suicide?
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Domesday books volume 5
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Physical Desc
277 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Domesday books volume 6
Language
English
Description
Three powerful Norman lords and a dispossessed Saxon thegn watch their steeds race close to the forest of Woodstock, each lusting for a win. But the first horse past the post has an empty saddle and his rider is lying in a copse with a knife in his back. Ralph Delchard and Gervase Bret, Domesday commissioners on behalf of the King, are guests of the Sheriff of Oxford while they settle a land dispute. But soon their attentions are focused on a stretch...
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Domesday books volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2000, c1997
Physical Desc
246 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Domesday books volume 8
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2001, c1998
Physical Desc
275 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Domesday books volume 9
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002
Physical Desc
274 p. : map ; 22 cm.
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English
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Domesday books volume 10
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003
Physical Desc
275 p. : map ; 22 cm
Language
English
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The elephants of Norwich , Domesday books volume 11
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