The Bayeux Embroidery (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 13)

The Bayeux Tapestry is no laughing matter. Well, apart from the rude bits, obviously.

The nuns of Kent have been commissioned by Earl Odo to create a great tapestry telling the glorious history of the Norman conquest of Britain. But when they start dying, one man must be sent for; Brother Hermitage, the King’s Investigator.

Who would commit such a heinous crime? Odo himself? Another nun, perhaps? Some Saxons? The Archbishop of Canterbury? The people of the marshes? Well, it could be anyone really, and that’s generally a problem for Brother Hermitage.

With Wat and Cwen, erstwhile weavers of “adult” tapestry themselves, he must solve the crime or face the consequences; as usual.

The best plan is probably to wander around Kent rather hopelessly, and trust that something occurs to him right at the end; also as usual.

At least in this tale the truth of the Bayeux Tapestry will be revealed: (well, a truth, perhaps)
How did it come to be? Who made it? And who thinks that they should have been given the job instead?

It’s the lucky 13th Chronicle of Brother Hermitage

The man who barely survives his own investigations.
The sleuth who seldom asks anyone the right questions.
The monk who is firmly medieval and slightly detective.

People have said things:

‘Hilarious’
‘Laugh out loud’
‘Like Pratchett does 1066’

13 books and 80,000 sales; some people never learn.

• The 1066 from Normandy (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 16)
• The Hermes Parchment (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 15)
• The Chester Chasuble (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 14)
• A Murder for Brother Hermitage (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 12)
• A Murder for Master Wat (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 11)
• A Murder for Mistress Cwen (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 10)
• The Case of the Cantankerous Carcass (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 9)
• The Case of The Curious Corpse (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 8)
• The Case of The Clerical Cadaver (The Chronicles of Brother Hermitage Book 7)
• Brother Hermitage's Christmas Gift