Spy in Chancery: A Hugh Corbett Mystery set in the 13th-Century Court of Edward I
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1988. First American edition. Hardcover. First edition. Fine, fresh, unused copy in fine dust jacket with slight bend on front cover. Hardcover. The third book in this historical mystery series set in 13th century Europe featuring Hugh Corbett. This absorbing novel tells the tale of the first great spy scandals in English history. Edward I of England and Philip IV of France are at war. Philip has managed to seize control of the English duchy of Aquitaine is a now undertaking a scheme to crush Edward with the help of a spy in the midst of the English court. Desperate, Edward commissions his chancery clerk, Hugh Corbett, to trace the traitor and destroy him. But his mission soon proves to be difficult, and Corbett is drawn even deeper into the murky undercurrents of international politics in the last decade of the 13th century. Fine / fine. Item #E37434
ISBN: 0312029845
Price: $21.95