A Play of Dux Moraud (Joliffe Mysteries)

the long version

It is the autumn of 1434, Joliffe and his fellow players are thriving under the patronage of Lord Lovell. His grace is sending them to perform at Deneby Manor as a gift for the marriage of Sir Edmund Deneby's daughter, Mariena.  But Joliffe has been engaged to play two roles - that of a player and that of a spy. Deneby's daughter was betrothed once before, to a man who fell ill and died before they married, and Lord Lovell fears a similar fate will befall Mariena's newly intended. As Joliffe uncovers the secrets of the Denebys' sordid history, it becomes clear that this is a wedding celebration destined to end in tragedy...