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The Bloodstained Throne

Sir Geoffrey Mappestone, Book 7

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The Bloodstained Throne

By: Simon Beaufort
Narrated by: Matt Addis
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The new ‘Sir Geoffrey Mappestone’ mystery.

When the former crusader knight Geoffrey Mappestone and his friend Roger of Durham try to slip out of England to the Holy Land, a ferocious storm destroys the ship they are on and casts them ashore.

The two knights are unwillingly thrust into the company of other shipwrecked passengers, and while attempting to evade the unwelcome attention of the more dangerous members of the group, they become unwillingly drawn into a plot to overthrow the king and return England to Saxon rule...

©2010 Simon Beaufort (P)2014 Audible Studios Historical Mystery Fiction England

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Liked the details like about medicine/poisons and the nods to historical detail, such as is known, and how the character of Geoffrey has been grown, great portrayal of the English countryside and its dangers to the unwary, Not entirely sure the plot can quite sustain the length of the book, but stick with it as the threads sort of come together at the end.

Entertaining enough

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I absolutely love these books!! Convoluted plots so well written, the characters brought to life by the brilliant narrator, the enjoyment of being totally absorbed in the history, the details, the story…..brilliant! Next please!!!

SO GOOD!

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I listened to the previous book in this series and it was quite a straightforward medieval murder tale so I expected this one to be much the same. That was wrong.

Three quarters of this story was just farcical, and the actual plot frustratingly made no progress whatsoever. I need say little more than that there was a seemingly serious character with an intelligent chicken as a pet and one who ate only garlic. The slapstick farce was relentless. Were I reading the book I would have given up but I persevered with listening whilst completing other tasks so my time wasn't wasted.

One redeeming feature was the narration which very good.

A well narrated farce

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good book I like medieval stories this one is going in my library good read too

good book by simon

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Loved the narrator but Roger is. not from Durham he's truly a West Yorkshire Knight!

Narrator

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An average medieval murder mystery which starts promisingly and ends well but drags badly in between.

Slow in parts

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I enjoyed, although fiction, a lot of historical information is true, the way things are interconnected together. Very fun.

intriguing

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Even though the beginning is a little confusing, the story overall is intriguing and wraps itself around a tale that allows the Author, to flex his historical prowess. The humour is spot on, very witty and often laugh out load funny.

Very Cleverly Written.

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Very slow and quite a pathetic storyline... Don't think I will be reading any more of these mysteries..

the narrator was brilliant

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Written in a similar style to Susanna Gregory, if you enjoy historical mysteries, this has all the facts in there along with a gently numerous style writing that is a pleasure to listen to or read.

Great fun as well as a good story

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