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Death in the Forest is a crime book with an historical background. It is set in Great britain in the years following the Norman conquest. To create his New Forest a hunting preserve, William the Conqueror damaged churches and villages, and it was presumed that in revenge the forest would prove fatal to his sons. This is actually the story with their deaths - and of what place behind them. The story's heroine is Edith, a princess of Scotland and descendant of the Saxon kings of Great britain. She lives in a nunnery at Romsey, between your forest and Winchester, the ancient capital of Wessex. Yearning to rescue Great britain from the Normans, she actually is definately not reconciled to spending her life immured as a nun. But although delivered to Romsey to be secluded from the world, Edith is not sheltered from intrigue and violent death - or even from the ability to become queen. On her behalf initial day four lords come to view her beauty and one of them is murdered. Who is the murderer? And what will be the effect on the succession to Great britain and Normandy? Edith is set to find out. The famous characters of the 11th century are portrayed here. Edith, known to history as the Rose of Romsey, fits all the Conqueror's quarrelsome sons, his diminutive but formidable queen and even the magnificent Conqueror himself. She visits Edward the Confessor's widow and is herself frequented by Archbishop Anselm, partner of popes and scourge of kings. The abbess, who is her aunt, and Dad Edmund, her confessor, form area of the intrigue which Edith looks for to unravel. About the author: Jeremy Potter served the Richard III Society as Chairman from 1971 to 1989. During his chairmanship, the Society launched a number of important initiatives, like the commissioning of an heroic statue of Richard III (on screen in Castle Gardens, Leicester), the securing of royal patronage from H.R.H. Richard Duke of Gloucester, and the broadcast of an trial of Richard III, with Lord Elwyn-Jones, past Lord Chancellor, presiding. During his tenure, the Society also became active in sponsoring the publication of 15th-century source documents and works of current scholarship on the period. In addition, it created the Richard III and Yorkist Background Trust, which gives financial support for graduate research and posting. Potter was elected President of the Society at its Total annual General Appointment in London, October 4, 1997.
