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The Ashmole Foxe Mysteries: Book 7
AN UNIDENTIFIED BODY IS FOUND IN A HAUNTED HOUSE, A WAYWARD YOUNG PRIEST IS MURDERED … FRESH PROBLEMS FOR THE WILY MR FOXE.
The Reverend, the Honourable Henry Pryce-Perkins, to give him his full title, was both the youngest son of a peer of the realm and a brilliant scholar at Oxford. After ordination, the Bishop of Norwich appointed him Warden of St. Steven’s Hospital, until such time as he could be found a suitably large and prestigious parish. Now he has been found murdered outside his own house, and the bishop and mayor expect Foxe to give all his time and attention to discoveri
A day or so later, a call from the street children sends Foxe hurrying to look into the death of a young woman. Her richly-dressed body has been found in an empty and reputedly haunted house standing at the entrance to one of Norwich’s notorious ‘yards’: clusters of wretched tenements housing the poorest people in the city. Needless to say, Foxe can’t stop himself from getting involved in that mystery as well.
Now he’s facing two complex investigations, while a personal crisis is also brewing, involving the latest woman in his life. Can Foxe concentrate on finding the murderers and bring them to justice, while disentangling himself from a relationship rapidly going sour? What about his two past loves, both eager to take up where they left off and about to arrive back in Norwich?
As the complications continue to pile up, Ashmole Foxe will need to marshal all his resources and display even more cunning and determination than usual, if he hopes to resume his former happy-go-lucky style of life.
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Monthly Archives: April 2016
‘Snap’ and The Whiffler
The museum in Norwich Castle holds a strange model dragon, larger enough for person to get inside and carry around, snapping the jaws at people. What was it for? Then, on the northern outskirts of Norwich, to one side of … Continue reading
Posted in C18th Norfolk
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Fencing Masters
For a good deal of the 18th century, a gentleman’s dress would include wearing a small sword. How far this might ever need to be used in anger, or for personal defence, is uncertain. However, it did no harm to … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Society
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Georgian Travel: Vehicle Accidents and Breakdowns
I set out the background to the daily perils of Georgian roads and travel in my previous post. Now it’s time to delve into the specifics. As I wrote in the first instalment, all these examples are drawn from the … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
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Ireland to Holt, Norfolk – on foot!
As a postscript to Tuesday’s posting about “Going for a Soldier”, here is the strange case of Ann Everett[1], an Irish girl aged only 16. The poor child had married a Norfolk man, born in Holt, who was a soldier … Continue reading
Posted in Georgian Society
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The Complicated Lives of the Poor: Going for a Soldier
In the earlier post on this topic, I explained how I came upon a locally-printed booklet of transcripts of the records made by magistrates taking depositions under the 18th-century Poor Law in Holt, Norfolk[1]. One section of this booklet is … Continue reading
Posted in C18th Norfolk, Military
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‘Receipts’ for Preserving Fruit in the 18th Century
Taken from Katherine Wyndham’s Book of Preserving c. 1718 In the absence of refrigeration or freezing, most fruit eaten during the winter months had to be preserved by other means. Although some grand houses possessed an Ice House – in … Continue reading
Posted in Cookery & Housecare
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Pen and Pension 