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The Nun's Tale

"Spring 1366, Beverley, England-a ghostly pale young woman claims to be the resurrected Joanna Calverley, a nun who died of a fever some months before. It would be a matter for the Church alone, were ti not for the murders that seem to follow in her wake. Owen Archer finds the case a frustrating one. Dame Joanna is by turns cagey and hysterical, while always clutching her secrets tightly. And worse yet, the nun's keepers ask Owen's pregnant wife, Lucie, to use her healing skills on Joanna's behalf, placing the Archer family in gravest danger ..."--BOOK COVER.

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  • "Nun's tale"@it
  • "Third Owen Archer myatery : the nun's tale"@en

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  • "Cette nouvelle aventure d'Owen Archer nous fait entrer dans l'Angleterre du Moyen Age, sous le règne d'Edouard III, dépeint ses coutumes, ses traditions, ses superstitions, mais aussi l'état avancé de sa science, sa médecine en particulier."
  • ""Spring 1366, Beverley, England-a ghostly pale young woman claims to be the resurrected Joanna Calverley, a nun who died of a fever some months before. It would be a matter for the Church alone, were ti not for the murders that seem to follow in her wake. Owen Archer finds the case a frustrating one. Dame Joanna is by turns cagey and hysterical, while always clutching her secrets tightly. And worse yet, the nun's keepers ask Owen's pregnant wife, Lucie, to use her healing skills on Joanna's behalf, placing the Archer family in gravest danger ..."--BOOK COVER."@en
  • "Een voormalige kapitein van de boogschutters probeert in 1365 in York met hulp van zijn vrouw de mysteries rond een verdwenen non op te helderen."
  • "In 14th Century England, a young nun dies of fever and is buried. The following year a woman claiming to be the resurrected nun begins selling relics. The archbishop of York dispatches his agent, Owen Archer, to investigate this resurrection and Archer uncovers a political plot. By the author of The Lady Chapel."
  • "In 14th Century England, a young nun dies of fever and is buried. The following year a woman claiming to be the resurrected nun begins selling relics. The archbishop of York dispatches his agent, Owen Archer, to investigate this resurrection and Archer uncovers a political plot."
  • "("An) engrossing taleimbued with the flavor of English medieval life, Robb's story melds true events with fiction to create a gripping historical mystery. "--PUBLISHERS WEEKLY -- -- The archbishop sends Owen Archer to retrace the woman's journey, an investigation that leads him across the north from Leeds to Beverley to Scarborough. Along the way he encounters Geoffrey Chaucer, a spy for the king of England, who believes there is a connection between the nun's troubles, renegade mercenaries, and the powerful Percy family. Back in York, however, Owen's wife Lucie, pregnant with their first child, has won the confidence of the mysterious nun and realizes that there are secrets hidden in the woman's seemingly mad ramblings..."@en

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  • "Historické romány"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"@en
  • "Mystery fiction"
  • "English fiction"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Detective and mystery stories"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Detektivní romány"
  • "Anglické romány"

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  • "De gevleugelde non"
  • "The Nun's Tale"@en
  • "Le dit de la nonne"
  • "El Relato de la monja"
  • "The Nun's tale"
  • "La reliquia rubata : thriller medioevale"@it
  • "La reliquia rubata : thriller medioevale"
  • "The Nun's Tale A Medieval Murder Mystery"
  • "Pokrov Svi︠a︡toĭ Devy"
  • "El relato de la monja"
  • "El relato de la monja"@es
  • "La reliquia rubata"@it
  • "The nun's tale"@en
  • "The nun's tale"
  • "The nun's tale : an Owen Archer mystery"
  • "The nun's tale : an Owen Archer mystery"@en
  • "Nonnens fortælling"@da
  • "Tajemství nevěsty Kristovy"
  • "La reliquia rubata : [thriller medievale]"

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