The Moneylender of Toulouse

"In A.D. 1204, Theophilos, jester and agent for the Fool's Guild, is sent to Toulouse with his jester wife, infant daughter, and young apprentice, with one simple mission: Get the current bishop to quietly retire so that the position can be filled with someone more sympathetic to the Guild's goals. Arriving just before Christmas, they quickly learn that the bishop is in some hot water with a man widely known as the local moneylender. A man who, a day after pressing the bishop particularly hard, is found floating facedown in a tanner's vat." "Now, with time running out for him to accomplish their mission and thus protect the Guild, Theophilos has but one option left: Find out what actually happened the night that the Moneylender of Toulouse ended up so spectacularly dead."--BOOK JACKET.Gordon, Alan is the author of 'The Moneylender of Toulouse', published 2008 under ISBN 9780312371098 and ISBN 0312371098.