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  • The Lions of the North

  • By: Edward Marston
  • Narrated by: David Thorpe
  • Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (50 ratings)

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By: Edward Marston
Narrated by: David Thorpe
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Summary

Soldier Ralph Delchard and lawyer Gervase Bret lead a group of the king's finest commissioners into the war-torn lands of Yorkshire to settle land claims and compile the Domesday Book. One island of wealth and luxury remains in Yorkshire: the castle of merchant Aubrey Maminot.

There the commissioners learn of two great terrors: the rogue Olaf Evil Child, a hero of the poor and conquered Saxon people, and the ravenous lions Aubrey Maminot keeps as pets. The lions make a feast of an anonymous young man who tries to sneak into the castle, and Gervase Bret begins to wonder why someone would commit such an act of suicide.
©1996 Edward Marston (P)2020 Soundings
Crime Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery England War
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Loved it.

Really good story. All the time thinking one of the heroes would have to confront the lions and dreading it. How does David Thorpe do it? All those voices!
I want to read the next one but hate snakes! Ugh!

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The roar of a lion.

As a regular reader one of the best of this series. Gripping throughout.A roaring story.

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