Falconer's Crusade (Gollancz Crime)

by Ian Morson

"Oxford University in 1264, seems an oasis of peace in the power struggles that rack England ... until the savage murder of a young girl kindles a frenzy of suspicion between privileged students and impoverished townspeople. And when on of Falconer's students who may have witnessed the crime narrowly escapes being beaten to death by a lynch mob, the Regent Master rushes to his defense. Daringly progressive teacher, Aristotelian philosopher, falconer is also a keen amateur detective who must use his sharp eye for human foibles and his relentless logic to solve the heinous crime. Reviewing one suspect after another, he will soon discover dangerous secrets that will challenge every one of his skills and tangle him in a world of heresy, magic, politics and ferocious violence."--BOOK COVER.

• ISBN10: 0312956975
• ISBN13: 9780312956974
• Publish Date: 15 January 1996 (first published 19 May 1994)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 15 August 2012
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St. Martin's Press
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Language: English

Reviews

[wyvernfriend]

Master William Falconer tinkers with bird skeletons in a vain attempt to understand the princeples of flight in 1264 while Simon de Montfort prepares to challenge the authority of Henry III. Things are uneasy in Oxford and theres a lot of politics making some very strange bedfellows.

When a servant girl is savagely murdered and Thomas Symon is a serious suspect as well as Falconer's student he feels it necessary to investigate and what he finds brings in heresy and a lot of politics.

It's an interesting read, full of interesting characters and the politics are quite detailed.