
A Walk Around Winchester
This is the Church of St John, which is located in the medieval soke, the area outside the old east gate. In The Herb Knot,
The Winchester Hours Book I
Rafi Dubois is five years old when his mother is murdered after the Battle of Crecy in 1346. Alone and lost, Rafi is given a token by the dying Englishman who tried to save his mother’s life: a half-broken family seal which he urges Rafi to return one day to Winchester.
Years later, when Rafi saves a wealthy merchant’s wife from a brutal robbery, he is rewarded with the chance to travel to England, taking the seal with him.
But when he reaches Winchester, Rafi finds himself in a turbulent world full of long-held allegiances, secrets and treachery. His path is fraught with danger and with powerful enemies working against him, Rafi falls in love with Edith, a market apothecary. But in doing so, Rafi unleashes a deadly chain of events which threatens to overwhelm them both…
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This is the Church of St John, which is located in the medieval soke, the area outside the old east gate. In The Herb Knot,
London born, currently living in Winchester. Avid reader of historical novels having started with Jean Plaidy in the late 70s and not looked back since.
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