Bloodstone Margaret Drabble this blockbuster historical thriller delivers

this blockbuster historical thriller delivers a page-turning murder mystery set on the sixteenth-century Oxford University campus

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both Jenny and Banks's wife are drawn deeper into events

Bloodstone Margaret Drabble this blockbuster historical thriller deliversDecember, 1380. When the corpse of Sir Robert Kilverby, a wealthy Cheapside merchant, is discovered in a locked room, Brother Athelstan accompanies the King's coroner to investigate. For the late Sir Robert had in his possession a priceless relic, a sacred bloodstone which he was planning to donate to the Abbey of St Fulcher on Thames. The bloodstone has disappeared and the Regent, John of Gaunt, who covets the relic for himself, is taking an