The Law of Angels'So you see, my dear little goose, there's no need to plan revenge on those horrible men at arms as I'm sure you would like to because the angels will do it for you. That is their law. And none can escape their terrible punishment." Summer, 1384. The sun is hot and high, promising a fine harvest but storm clouds of insurrection are gathering over England. Lollard heretics, driven from their base at Oxford by the iron fist of the Archbishop Courtenay,

and deserving of forgiveness

in Las Vegas

Few novels deserve to be called magnificent

part-time jazz saxophonist and full-time accountant

sexism and the politics of a divided America into an explosive brew

after failing to turn up at his own surprise birthday party

loss and those memories we hold closest to our hearts

forced to move restlessly to escape betrayal or detection

shocked at Belstone's corruption

and read and discussed by the entire population of the British Isles

With his beloved Watch crumbling around him and war-drums sounding

And if Queen Etheldredda's plot involves Jenna and Septimus