The Tapestry of Death
About this ebook
More medieval mystery for people who laugh.
England 1067: Briston the weaver has been murdered – in a very special way – and it is up to his old friend Wat to avenge his death.
Brother Hermitage will naturally support his companion in the quest, but the young monk worries as the number of suspects keeps rising. He's never been good with crowds.
When events take a turn for the truly bizarre, Hermitage and Wat find themselves up to their Saxon socks in people who want them dead, people who want one another dead and people who seem to want everyone dead.
They must find a missing maiden, placate a giant killer and reveal the awful secret of the Tapestry of Death before matters are resolved. Resolved largely unsatisfactorily, but then that's life.
With a monk, tradesmen, priests, Normans and Saxons, The Tapestry of Death should be a solid, traditional medieval who-done-it, but it isn't. Really, it isn't.
Authentic and accurate representation of the time? Barely.
Historically informative? Certainly not.
Hilarious and very silly? Now you're getting warm.
Critical analysis of the work of Howard of Warwick:
“His writing is crisp, riotously funny, and he weaves a masterful little mystery that will leave you crying for more!”
“Like Brother Cadfael visits Discworld.”
“I would recommend this to anyone who loves a good story! It is so hard to wait until the new books come out!”
Compared to Monty Python, Carry On films, Terry Pratchett ...and Winnie the Pooh!
If you're looking for a serious historical mystery with all the usual trappings, look elsewhere.
If you're hoping for characters who are knowledgable beyond their time and talk like a history book, prepare to be disappointed.
If you're after a tale of a monk hopelessly out of his depth and a weaver who is really rather naughty, this is the book for you.
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About the author
Howard of Warwick: the world's best selling author of medieval crime comedy.
And now an official No. 1 Best Seller around the globe...
Paperbacks are available from The Funny Book Shop: https://funnybookcompany.com/
Unfortunately, Howard has written his name in some of them....
"Very, very good indeed... brilliant" BBC Coventry and Warwick.
Nearly 200,000 have graced his bookstall and more than 1,000 reviewers say things like "hilarious", "laugh out loud funny" and "stupid".
Howard is simply a humble chronicler with the blind luck to stumble upon the Brother Hermitage manuscripts. This young monk is clearly the archetype for many characters down the centuries but somehow, over the intervening years, those later figures started to know what they were doing. Brother Hermitage is more like Cadfael meets Clouseau.
Howard's work has been heard, seen and read, most of it accompanied by laughter and some of it by money. His peers have even seen fit to recognise his unworthy efforts with a prize for making up stories.
There are so many tales that they're starting to get out of hand: 31 Chronicles of Brother Hermitage, 3 historical "re-creations", a little something for Christmas and even some free short stories.
There is a dedicated web page www.Howardofwarwick.com. Dedicated to what, is a good question.
AUDIO!
A FREE Audio short story is available when you sign up to the newsletter at www.funnybookcompany.com
There's now a Youtube channel with snippets read by the author: https://tinyurl.com/rdtv3fpd
And the Christmas Gift has been recorded in glorious sound with a professional actor and everything. https://tinyurl.com/pkr4xatu
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And Howard is a member of the Crime Writers' Association and the Society of Authors.
