The Clerkenwell Tales

The Clerkenwell Tales
Author Peter Ackroyd
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Publisher Chatto & Windus
Publication date
2003
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 213 pp
ISBN 1856197069
Preceded by Dickens: Public Life and Private Passion
Followed by The Lambs of London

The Clerkenwell Tales is an historical novel by English writer Peter Ackroyd, first published in 2003.[1]

Plot summary

The novel is set in London in the year 1399, a year of revolt, revolution and religious conspiracy.[2] As Henry Bolingbroke challenges Richard II for the throne of England the reader’s attention is focused on Dominus, a secret society of religious fundamentalists, known to history as Lollards. With more twists and turns than an Agatha Christie mystery, the story turns on the conspiracies of this religious sect, driven to extremes by the prophecies of a mad Clerkenwell nun. The result is a gothic novel which effortlessly merges fact and fiction into an almost recognizable alternate history.[3]

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