Margaret Frazer
The Boy’s Tale
The peace of St Frideswide’s is shattered with the arrival of two small boys after their party is apparently…
The Sempster’s Tale
It is the summer of 1450. Dame Frevisse must travel to London to select cloth and patterns for church vestments.…
The Bishop’s Tale
England, 1434. Thomas Chaucer is dying. Administering to his needs is his cousin, Cardinal Bishop Beaufort of Winchester. Thomas dies…
A Play of Isaac
This is a spin-off from the author’s Dame Frevisse mystery novels, set in 15th century England. You may be inspired,…
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