title: The False Virgin
author: The Medieval Murderers
description: Bernard Knight, a former Home Office pathologist, is the author of the acclaimed Crowner John series. Former police officer Susanna Gregory's novels feature Matthew Bartholomew, a C14th Cambridge physician. Karen Maitland is the author of the Sunday Times bestselling C14th mysteries Company of Liars and The Owl Killers. Philip Gooden writes Shakespearean murder mysteries. Ian Morson is the author of the Oxford-based Falconer series.
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  [TITLE PAGE](../Text/Title_Page.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [CHRONOLOGY](../Text/Chronology.htm)  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [PROLOGUE](../Text/Prologue.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [ONE](../Text/1_Forebears.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [FOREBEARS](../Text/1_Forebears.htm#sigil_toc_id_1)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [TWO](../Text/2_As_Handsome_a_Lady_as_Any_in_England.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [AS HANDSOME A LADY AS ANY IN
  ENGLAND](../Text/2_As_Handsome_a_Lady_as_Any_in_England.htm#sigil_toc_id_2)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [THREE](../Text/3_This_Most_Noble_Virgin.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [THIS MOST NOBLE VIRGIN](../Text/3_This_Most_Noble_Virgin.htm#sigil_toc_id_3)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [FOUR](../Text/4_Jane_the_Quene.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [JANE THE QUENE](../Text/4_Jane_the_Quene.htm#sigil_toc_id_4)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [FIVE](../Text/5_Jana_Non_Regina.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [JANA NON REGINA](../Text/5_Jana_Non_Regina.htm#sigil_toc_id_5)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [SIX](../Text/6_The_End_of_the_Lad