The Death of a King

Templars’ fervor (Satan’s Fire ).
    So passionate an historian’s quest for imaginative solutions to puzzles of the past coupled with his zest for creating locked-room mysteries inevitably led him to break a single series confines. In single novels and under pseudonyms, most often eschewing romance for the stark realities of mean streets and manses, P.C. Doherty rifles epochs with robust wit to break open hidden secrets. In a series written as Paul Harding, a Falstaffian City of London Coroner teams with a Dominican from a poor South-wark Parish to contrast 14th Century power with poverty. Writing as Michael Clynes, Doherty romps at the court of Henry VIII with roguish Sir Roger Shallot. As C.L. Grace, he views 14th Century Canterbury and female apothecary Kathryn Swin­brooke. As Anne Dukthas, time travel with the immortal Nicholas Seguilla touches various European courts. More recently, Doherty follows a Chaucerian model by setting a series of murderous tales among pilgrims en route to Canterbury, and harks back to the Ancient Greeks as Anna Apostolou.
    Himself a Catholic, Doherty has recently tapped into a mystical streak for several non-series novels. And incredibly, this prolific author is headmaster of a preparatory school in North-East London and with his American wife parents a large family near Epping Forest.

Author Bibliography
    The Death of a King , 1982
    The Prince Drakulya, 1986
    The Lord Count Drakulya , 1986

    The Hugh Corbett Mysteries:
    Satan in St. Mary’s , 1986
    Crown in Darkness , 1987
    Spy in Chancery , 1988
    The Angel of Death , 1990
    The Prince of Darkness , 1992
    Murder Wears a Cowl , 1992
    The Assassin in the Greenwood , 1993
    The Song of a Dark Angel , 1994
    Satan’s Fire , 1995
    The Devil’s Hunt , 1996

    The Matthew Jankyn Mysteries:
    The Whyte Hart , 1988
    Serpent Among the Lilies , 1990

    S tories Told on Pilgrimage from London to Canterbury:
    An Ancient Evil, Being the Knight’s Tale , 1994
    A Tapestry of Murders, Being the Man of Law’s Tale , 1994
    A Tournament of Murders, Being the Franklin’s Tale , 1996
    Ghostly Murders, Being the Priest’s Tale , 1997
    Dove Among the Hawks , 1990
    The Masked Man , 1991
    The Haunting , 1997
    The Rose Demon , 1997
    The Soul Slayer , 1997
    The Mask of Ra , 1998

    Under the name of Paul Harding:
    The Nightingale Gallery , 1991
    The House of the Red Slayer , 1992
    Murder Most Holy , 1992
    The Anger of God , 1993
    By Murder’s Bright Light , 1994
    The House of Crows , 1995
    The Assassin’s Riddle , 1996
    The Devil’s Domain , 1998

    Under the name of Michael Clynes:
    The White Rose Murders , 1991
    The Poisoned Chalice , 1992
    The Grail Murders , 1993
    A Brood of Vipers , 1994
    The Gallows Murders , 1995
    The Relic Murders , 1997

    Under the name of C.L. Grace:
    The Shrine of Murders , 1993
    The Eye of God , 1994
    The Merchant of Death , 1995
    The Book of Shadows , 1996

    Under the name of Ann Dukthas:
    A Time for the Death of a King , 1994
    The Prince Lost to Time , 1995
    Time of Murder at Mayerling , 1996
    In The Time of the Poisoned Queen , 1998

    Under the name of Anna Apostolou:
    Murder in Macedon , 1997
    Murder at Thebes , 1998