J. Michael Butcher Flames of Norwich

Annotation

In the aftermath of Magna Carta, disinherited barons raid the city of Norwich to acquire funds for their failing cause, and they met with little resistance. In fear of hidden support for the rebellion, the king sends agents to Norwich, and thus, Martin Den Helder and Sir Michel DArtois are drawn into a city underworld of murder, extortion, and crime that have some powerful, if secret, backing. Like poking a hornets nest, Den Helder and DArtois feel the backlash of their enquiries. Finally, a vicious murder at the Trinity Fair escalates the atmosphere of tension and resentment between city and church to a full-scale riot, and buildings of the cathedral and city are burned and valuables looted. Violence and murder are unrestrained. Flames of Norwich is a story of murder and mystery woven around real events, people, and places of the city of Norwich in the thirteenth century.