title: Herald of Hell, The: A mystery set in Medieval London (A Brother Athelstan Medieval Mystery)
author: Paul Doherty
description: A cerebral, slowly unwinding whodunit rooted in history, packed with details of lives so wretched that it's no wonder revolution was in the air (<i>Kirkus Reviews</i>)<br /><br />Dohertys long-running series continues to ratchet up the historical tension as actions and events move rapidly and inevitably toward the Peasants Revolt of 1381 Booklist (<i>Booklist</i>)<br /><br />Doherty excels in grafting a fair-play whodunit onto actual historical events, making the intrigue and fear of the period palpable while giving the astute reader a chance to solve the crime (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>)
zlib_text: > Sins of the Fathers
  
    
  
    
  
  > A Gavin Rownt Medieval Mystery
  
    
  
    
  
  > Joyce Lionarons
  
  ©2020 Joyce Lionarons
  
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  without permission in writing from the publisher, except by a reviewer, who
  may quote brief passages in a review.
  
  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the
  products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
  to actual persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
    
  
    
  
  London, December, 1250
  
  > Prologue
  
    
  
  The cobblestones of Long Southwark Street glimmered wetly in the torchlight
  from the guardhouse at London Bridge as Dawn made her way back to the Steaming
  Cauldron bathhouse, taking care not to trip on the lost or discarded cups,
  flagons, scarves, and hoods, the detritus of another night of revelry in the
  taverns and brothels that lined the street. Her dyed yellow hair hung lank on
  her shoulders, the paint on her face had smeared