Trevor Whitton: 5 books

France, 1308. Philip the Fair is King, the English wars continue to rage in the south west, and Giotto is revolutionising painting in Italy. Philip’s reign has been one of ongoing controversy. He has recently expelled the Jews from French soil, dissolved the Order of the Knights Templar, and has...

Collette Dubois, the wife of the Bailli of Troyes, is discovered plunging a dagger into the chest of man who had attacked her several weeks earlier. She escapes, leaving her husband (Henri) and his deputy (Jean Bellimont) to unravel the web of intrigue which led up to this event. The two men become...

France, 1295. Jean Bellimont leads a quiet, contented life as scribe to the Bishop of Troyes and husband to his wife, Marguerite. Suddenly his world is turned upside down when he is accosted by a small beggar woman on his way home from work one evening. He retaliates by knocking her to the ground...

Ever wanted a hassle-free guide to traveling around Europe with your family? Well this isn’t it. Looking for a list of the best attractions and places to stay? It isn’t that either. “Bon Voyage” is the record of a holiday that went horribly wrong – not once, not twice, but more times then...

France, 1310: In the woods outside the market town of Troyes, a forestier stumbles across the body of a stranger. As Henri Dubois - the local Bailli - begins his investigation, it soon becomes apparent that the discovery threatens to implicate the wife of his best friend, Richard Beauchamp....