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