In April, 1219, Edwin Weaver finds himself at Tickhill Castle under false pretences.
Earl Warenne wants Tickhill for himself and is convinced that a royal order for the castle to be handed over has been hidden, so he’s sent Edwin to find it and told him not to come back until he does.
Frantic with worry about the danger to his family, Edwin is forced to lie to everyone around him while searching for a document that might not even exist.
The situation escalates when a body is found and the Earl musters armed troops to take the castle by force; Edwin must race against time to discover the crucial information so he can stop the violence and bloodshed.
But his quest for the truth is more dangerous than he could possibly have anticipated, and he must endure tragic and wrenching loss before his duty is complete.
Blessed are the Dead by CB Hanley is published on 7 September, 2023.
It‘s the latest in her Mediaeval Mystery series featuring Edwin Weaver.
As Catherine Hanley, she is the author of a number of non-fiction books about the medieval period. Catherine has written several features for Historia, including:
The personal and the political in the Middle Ages, using Eleanor of Aquitaine to show how personal decisions change history
Matilda: The greatest king England never had
England’s First Great Naval Victory, when William Marshal defeated Blanche’s husband, Prince Louis of France
The Battle That Saved England, in which Nicola de la Haye resisted Louis
England’s Forgotten King, about Louis’s attempt to be King of England
Magna Carta
Read her Historia interview
