The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton: A Novel

ISBN: 1250383595

Author: Brown, Jennifer N.

Condition: New

A dual-timeline murder mystery set in an English country manor, when an ambitious professor discovers the long-lost manuscript of a Reformation-era prophetessHistorian Alison Sage has made a groundbreaking archival discovery-she found a manuscript containing the prophecies of a 16th century nun, Elizabeth Barton. Barton?s prophecy condemning Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn led to her execution and the destruction of all copies of her prophecies-or so the world believed.With Alison?s discovery, she is catapulted to academic superstardom and scores an invitation to the exclusive Codex Consortium, a week of research among a select handful of fellow historians at a crumbling manor in England, located next to the ruins of the priory where Elizabeth herself once lived.What begins as a promising conference turns into a nightmare as the eerie house becomes the site of a murder. Suddenly, everyone is a suspect, and it seems that answers lie at the root of a local legend about centuries-old hidden treasure. Alison?s research makes her best-suited to solve the mystery-but when old feelings resurface for a former colleague, and the stakes of the search skyrocket, everyone's motives become murky.Alison?s cutthroat world of academia is almost as dangerous as Elizabeth Barton?s sixteenth-century England, where heretics are beheaded, visions can kill, and knowing who to trust is a deadly art. The Lost Book of Elizabeth Barton is a thrilling novel, crackling with the voices of the past and propelled by a mystery that will leave readers in suspense until the very last page.