Therefore, he gets left with almost nothing. Prior to becoming a detective, Crispin was stripped of his knight’s title, disgraced, declared as not a nobleman, forced to give up his wealth and live in poverty. He uses rude wit, a pettiness contempt, a disgust of sham, and a slight grotesque sense. After taking the new role of a detective, Crispin begins to talk like a person of his age. Because of his work and sincerity, Crispin becomes an honorable man. For solving the mysteries around him on the London streets, he becomes a common and complete man, and at the same an unusual person. With the help of his wits Crispin Guest turns into a fine detective. After being disgraced and stripped of his knighthood, he decides to make use of the one thing that he still possesses, and that is his wit. This man, Crispin Guest, is not afraid or tarnished. The books show the mean street of London, where a man is required to go and struggle for his survival, in spite of not being mean himself. Each and every novel of this popular series features the lead character in the role of Crispin Guest, who is depicted as a disgraced knight from London at the time of the 14th century. The series is comprised of 9 books in total, which were released between the years 20. It is written by the well known author from America named Jeri Westerson. And everything seems to turn on a religious relic - a veil reported to have wiped the brow of Christ - that is now missing.The Crispin Guest Medieval Noir series is a famous book series of historical fiction, historical mystery, and medieval noir genres. Now Guest has come to the unwanted attention of the Lord Sheriff of London and most recent client was murdered while he was working for him. But when he comes to inform his client, he is found dead - murdered in a sealed room, locked from the inside. Not wishing to sully himself in such disgraceful, dishonorable business but in dire need of money, Guest agrees and discovers that the wife is indeed up to something, presumably nothing good. In 1383, Guest is called to the compound of a merchant - a reclusive mercer who suspects that his wife is being unfaithful and wants Guest to look into the matter. With no trade to support him and no family willing to acknowledge him, Crispin has turned to the one thing he still has - his wits - to scrape a living together on the mean streets of London. Having lost his bethrothed, his friends, his patrons and his position in society. Crispin Guest is a knight to remember." - Cornelia Read, author of A Field of Darkness, on Veil of Lies.Ĭrispin Guest is a disgraced knight, stripped of his rank and his honor - but left with his life - for plotting against Richard II. Westerson's finely wrought portrait of gritty Medieval London is embued with great wit and poignancy.
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