Lady Agnes Mystery Vol.2. Andrea Japp

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      The Lady Agnès Mystery:

       Volume 2

      The Divine Blood

       Translated from the French by Lorenza Garcia

       Combat of Shadows

       Translated from the French by Katherine Gregor

      ANDREA JAPP

      CONTENTS

      1 Title Page

      2 Summary of The Lady Agnès Mystery Volume 1

      3 Main characters

      4 Author’s Note

      5 Part One: The Divine Blood

      6 Vatican Palace, Rome, December 1304

      7 Alençon, Perche, December 1304

      8 Clairets Abbey,* Perche, December 1304

      9 Herb gardens, Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      10 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, December 1304

      11 Château de Larnay, Perche, December 1304

      12 Chartres, ladies’ bathhouse, Rue du Bienfait, Beauce, December 1304

      13 La Haute-Gravière, Perche, December 1304

      14 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      15 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, December 1304

      16 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      17 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, December 1304

      18 Cyprus, December 1304

      19 Alençon, Auberge de la Jument-Rouge, Perche, December 1304

      20 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      21 Vatican Palace, Rome, December 1304

      22 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      23 Taverne de la Jument-Rouge, Alençon, Perche, December 1304

      24 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, December 1304

      25 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      26 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, December 1304

      27 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      28 Château de Larnay, Perche, December 1304

      29 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      30 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, December 1304

      31 Alençon, Perche, December 1304

      32 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      33 Louvière Forest, Perche, December 1304

      34 Mondoubleau Forest and the Templar commandery at Arville, Perche, December 1304

      35 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, December 1304

      36 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      37 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, December 1304

      38 Clairets Abbey, Perche, December 1304

      39 Clairets Abbey, Perche, January 1305

      40 Epilogue

      41 Part Two: Combat of Shadows

      42 Auberge de la Carpe-Vieille, Authon-du-Perche, Perche, July 1306

      43 Vatican Palace, Rome, July 1306

      44 Forest of Trahant, Perche, July 1306

      45 The Louvre, on the outskirts of Paris, the apartments of Guillaume de Nogaret,* August 1306

      46 Argensolles Abbey, Champagne, August 1306

      47 La Haute-Gravière, Perche, August 1306

      48 The Louvre, on the outskirts of Paris, the apartments of Guillaume de Nogaret, August 1306

      49 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, August 1306

      50 Citadel of Limassol, Cyprus, August 1306

      51 Clairets Abbey, Perche, August 1306

      52 Rue Saint-Amour, Chartres, September 1306

      53 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, September 1306

      54 Vatican Palace, Rome, September 1306

      55 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, September 1306

      56 Alençon and the Inquisition headquarters, Perche, September 1306

      57 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, September 1306

      58 Inquisition headquarters, Alençon, Perche, September 1306

      59 Rue Saint-Amour, Chartres, September 1306

      60 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, September 1306

      61 Auberge de la Taure-Attelée, Chartres, September 1306

      62 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, September 1306

      63 Château de Larnay, Perche, September 1306

      64 Inquisition headquarters, Alençon, Perche, September 1306

      65 Vatican Palace, Rome, September 1306

      66 Forest of Trahant, Perche, September 1306

      67 Rue Saint-Amour, Chartres, September 1306

      68 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, October 1306

      69 Inquisition headquarters, Alençon, Perche, October 1306

      70 Rue Saint-Amour, Chartres, October 1306

      71 Rue de la Poêle-Percée, Chartres, October 1306

      72 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, October 1306

      73 Clairets Abbey, Perche, October 1306

      74 Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, October 1306

      75 Hamlet of Loges, near Authon-du-Perche, Perche, October 1306

      76 Clairets Forest, Manoir de Souarcy-en-Perche, Perche, October 1306

      77 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, Perche, October 1306

      78 Clairets Abbey, Perche, October 1306

      79 Inquisition headquarters, Alençon, Perche, October 1306

      80 Vatican Palace, Rome, October 1306

      81 Château d’Authon-du-Perche, November 1306

      82 Appendix I: Historical References

      83 Appendix II: Glossary

      84 Appendix III: Notes

      85 About the Author

      86 Copyright

       SUMMARY OF THE LADY AGNÈS MYSTERY VOLUME 1

       The Season of the Beast The Breath of the Rose

       The Season of the Beast

      Winter 1294, Comté du Perche. The recently widowed Agnès de Souarcy takes under her wing Clément, the newborn infant of her lady’s maid, Sybille, who has died in childbirth.

      Cyprus, 1304. The Knight Hospitaller Francesco de Leone is sent to France. His official mission is to gather information that will help the Hospitaller order anticipate the political machinations of France’s monarch, Philip the Fair. However, Leone is guided by a secret quest.

      Paris, 1304. Philip the Fair aims to free himself of the Church’s authority. Pope Benoît XI is fatally poisoned, and the Pope’s personal guard – the twin orders of the Knights Templar and Hospitaller – comes under threat. Philip the Fair, with the help of his most influential counsellor, Guillaume