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Satan in St. Mary's by Doherty, P. C. is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Satan in St. Mary's about?
Lawrence Duket, goldsmith, kills Ralph Crepyn, moneylender, and flees to London's St. Mary Le Bow for sanctuary. The next day Duket is found hanged inside the locked church, an apparent suicide. Bishop Burnell, Chancellor for King Edward I, assigns Corbett to investigate. Burnell fears that the antiroyal Populares party will join with practitioners of devil worshipat this time, ``Christianity is only skin deep.'' Hugh Corbett is threatened and attacked while probing ``a suicide which was really murder which . . . masked treason, sorcery and rebellion.'' The santanist group seems to be centered at The Mitre, a tavern owned by the beautiful Alice atte Bowe, with whom Corbett falls in love
Who reads Satan in St. Mary's?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Doherty, P. C.
- Publisher
- New York: St. Martin's Press
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780312000592
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery
- Rating
- 3.92 / 5 (27 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13
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