The Bone-Pedlar by Sylvian Hamilton lands on the shelves of my shop.
Ted Smart, 2000, Hardback in dust wrapper.
From the cover: Sir Richard Straccan, ex-crusader, makes his living dealing in these divine body-parts. Being a bone-pedlar, he leads a dangerous but profitable life retrieving stolen relics, negotiating deals and locating new artefacts. But when he is asked by the Prioress of Holystone to help solve a mystery, he takes on a job more dangerous than ever before. A dying man has been brought to the Priory carrying with him a rare and precious icon but nobody knows what it is or where the man was taking it.
Straccan soon becomes embroiled in a web of treason, espionage and evil. His young daughter is kidnapped and following her takes him and his company down a path beset with danger and risk. On their journey they meet monks, lunatics, pilgrims, whores, saints and thieves but it is when they come up against Rainard, Lord Soulis, on the eve of the Summer Solstice, that Straccan must face his biggest challenge yet.
Very Good in Very Good Dust Wrapper. Edges of the text block lightly tanned. Pages lightly age-tanned at the margins.
Burgundy boards with Gilt titling to the Spine. 264 pages. 9½” x 6¼”.
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