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1192. Returning from the Holy Land at the end of the Third Crusade
with Richard the Lionheart, King of England, Sir John de Wolfe, a
Devon knight, finds England simmering with rebellion. Discovering a
body washed up on the shores of the River Exe, its throat cut, Sir
John deduces that he was a king s courier. Tasked by Hubert Walter,
the Chief Justiciar, to find out why the man died and who killed
him, Sir John de Wolfe finds himself drawn unwillingly into affairs
of state. His new career as a king s coroner is about to begin . .
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With the city of Exeter ravaged by an outbreak of the 'yellow
plague', Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner, must divide his
time between visiting his sick brother, William, who has been
struck down by the disease, and dealing with a series of brutal
murders which appears to be linked to a revival of heresy in the
city. When some of the cathedral canons begin a crusade against
this danger to the Church, Sir John finds himself accused of being
too sympathetic to the heretics, bringing him into conflict with
the ecclesiastic authorities. As the situation worsens, the coroner
must seek sanctuary in order to save his skin. Can he survive long
enough to unmask the real killer?
Gilbert de Rideford is a Knight of the Temple of Solomon, and an
old acquaintance from Crowner John's crusading days. He claims to
have come into possession of a secret that could shake Christendom
to its foundations - and he desperately needs John's help to escape
from the secretive order of warrior monks. Suddenly swept into a
world of religious intrigue and dangerous politics, Crowner John
finds himself undertaking a life-threatening mission to the Island
of Lundy - inhabited solely by notorious pirates - until finally
the awful secret itself is revealed.
The fourth edition of Knight's Forensic Pathology continues to be
the definitive international resource for those in training and in
practice, covering all aspects of the medico-legal autopsy,
including the cause and time of death, interpretation of wounds and
every other facet of the investigation of a fatality. The contents
are intended to lead the pathologist - and in some countries, the
non-pathologist - through the procedures needed in the examination
of a body found under obscure, suspicious or even criminal
circumstances. Although police procedures and the habits of
pathologists may vary from country to country, the philosophy and
techniques presented in this book offer a guide to good practices
that can be modified according to local circumstances. In this new
edition the text has been thoroughly updated and is complemented by
the addition of over 200 new colour illustrations. It maintains the
praised tradition of clarity and readability established since
Prof. Bernard Knight's first edition was published in 1991, with an
emphasis on the practical application of knowledge and research
findings and the avoidance of over-interpretation.
The development of forensic pathology in Britain is told here
through the lives of five outstanding medical pioneers. Spanning
seventy years, their careers and achievements marked major
milestones in the development of legal medicine, their work and
innovation laying the foundations for modern crime scene
investigation (CSI). Bernard Spilsbury, Sydney Smith and Professors
Glaister, Camps and Simpson were the original expert witnesses.
Between them, they performed over 200,000 postmortems during their
professional careers, establishing crucial elements of murder
investigation such as time, place and cause of death. This forensic
quintet featured in many of the notable murder trials of their
time, making ground-breaking discoveries in the process. They were
treated as celebrities by the media, and news that they were 'on
the case' featured in numerous headlines. In the best traditions of
scholarship, they also worked as teachers, passing on their
knowledge and experience to future pathologists.
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