Order of Brother Athelstan Books
The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan is a series of historical mystery novels by English author Paul Doherty. The title character is a Dominican friar and priest to St. Erconwald’s and secretarius to Coroner Sir John Cranston. The novels are set in London during the late 14th century during the reign of Richard II.
Paul Doherty began his Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan series in 1991 with the novel The Nightingale Gallery. The series is currently ongoing. Below is a list of Paul Doherty’s Brother Athelstan books in order of when they were originally published (which is the same as their chronological order):
Publication Order of The Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan Books
| The Nightingale Gallery | (1991) |    |
| The House of the Red Slayer | (1992) | |
| Murder Most Holy | (1992) | |
| The Anger of God | (1993) | |
| By Murder's Bright Light | (1994) | |
| The House of Crows | (1995) | |
| The Assassin's Riddle | (1996) | |
| The Devil's Domain | (1998) | |
| The Field of Blood | (1999) | |
| The House of Shadows | (2003) | |
| Bloodstone | (2012) | |
| The Straw Men | (2013) | |
| Candle Flame | (2014) | |
| The Book of Fires | (2014) | |
| The Herald of Hell | (2015) | |
| The Great Revolt | (2016) | |
| A Pilgrimage to Murder | (2017) | |
| The Mansions of Murder | (2017) | |
| The Godless | (2019) | |
| The Stone of Destiny | (2021) | |
| The Hanging Tree | (2022) | |
Notes: Up to the novel The Assassin’s Riddle, Paul Doherty wrote the series using the pen name Paul Harding. All novels have since been reissued under Doherty’s name. The House Of The Red Slayer is alternatively titled The Red Slayer.
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Brother Athelstan Synopsis: In The Nightgale Gallery by Paul Harding (Paul Doherty) – the first book in the Brother Athelstan series – it is 1376 and the Black Prince has died on a horrible illness, followed by his father, King Edward III. This leaves the crown to Richard II, while nobles gather around waiting to grab the throne for themselves. During this time of turmoil, a merchant prince is found murdered and Coroner Sir John Cranston and Dominican monk Brother Athelstan must investigate the murder. If that wasn’t enough, the murderers aren’t finished yet and the intrigue increases quickly.
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