The Blood of the Fifth Knight
Fifth Knight: Book #2
- By: E.M. Powell
- Narrated by: James Langton
- Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Description
England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for attempting to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign.
Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved him once before. Sir Benedict Palmer answers the call, mistakenly believing that his family will remain safe while he attends to his King.
As Palmer races to secure the throne for the King, neither man senses the hand of a brilliant schemer, a mystery figure loyal to Henry’s traitorous Queen who will stop at nothing to see the King defeated.
The Blood of the Fifth Knight is an intricate medieval murder mystery and a worthy sequel to E. M. Powell’s acclaimed historical thriller The Fifth Knight.
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Fifth Knight Series

The Fifth Knight
By: E.M. Powell
Narrated by: James Langton
Length: 11 hours 19 minutes
Abridged: No
To escape a lifetime of poverty, mercenary Sir Benedict Palmer agrees to one final, lucrative job: help King Henry II’s knights seize the traitor Archbishop Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cathedral. But what begins as a clandestine arrest ends in cold-blooded murder. And when Fitzurse, the knights’ ringleader, kidnaps Theodosia, a beautiful young... Read more »
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The Blood of the Fifth Knight
By: E.M. Powell
Narrated by: James Langton
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
England, 1176. King Henry II has imprisoned his rebellious Queen for attempting to overthrow him. But with her conspirators still at large and a failed assassination attempt on his beautiful mistress, Rosamund Clifford, the King must take action to preserve his reign.
Desperate, Henry turns to the only man he trusts: a man whose skills have saved... Read more »
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The Lord of Ireland
By: E.M. Powell
Narrated by: James Langton
Length: 10 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
John is a prince without prospect of a crown. As the youngest son of Henry II, he has long borne the hated nickname "Lackland." When warring tribes and an ambitious Anglo-Norman lord threaten Henry’s reign in Ireland, John believes his time has finally come. Henry is dispatching him there with a mighty force to impose order.
Yet it is a thwarted... Read more »
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