The falconer's knot : a story of friars, flirtation and foul play / by Mary Hoffman.
| Author/creator | Hoffman, Mary, 1945- |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st U.S. ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Bloomsbury USA Children's Books, 2007. |
| Description | 297 pages : map ; 21 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subjects |
| Variant title | Subtitle on dust jacket: Story of friars, flirtation and foul play |
| Contents | Courtly love -- Red-handed -- Sanctuary -- Saint Martin's cloak -- Stab in the dark -- Suspicion -- Illumination -- Widows -- As beautiful as possible -- Mundualdus -- From beyond the sea -- Poison in the air -- Onlooker -- Minister general -- Colour of blood -- Digging up the past -- Death's head -- Mordant -- Burial -- Dead white -- Merlin for a lady. |
| Abstract | Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love. |
| Genre/form | Mystery fiction. |
| LCCN | 2006016365 |
| ISBN | 9781599900568 (hc.) |
| ISBN | 1599900564 (hc.) |