Staff Recommendation - The Wolves of Savernake

The Wolves of Savernake

by Edward Marston

The Normans conquered England but they had a lot of mopping up to do afterwards. Land ownership disputes as well as murders needed to be dealt with. Edward Marston has written a series of historical mysteries called the Domesday book series in which a former knight, Ralph Delchard, and a medieval lawyer, Gervase Bret, travel across Norman England as the King's representatives. The first mystery in the series, The Wolves of Savernake, involves a land dispute with an abbey and a wolf attack on the local miller. Or was it murder? I find mysteries full of historical details very interesting and it is always fun to see how a mystery can be solved without any modern detective work. The writing in this series improves as it goes along. -- recommended by Cindy C. - Bennett Martin Public Library/Technical Processes (retired)

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