{"product_id":"geoffrey-de-montbrai-bishop-in-berwick-coates-9781787920941","title":"Geoffrey de Montbrai, Bishop in Arms","description":"Geoffrey de Montbrai, second son of a poor knight of Western Normandy, is waiting for his brother to provide his share of their late father's fortune as he reaches the age of twenty-one. He is looking forward to a career of adventure and fortune in the rising Duchy of Normandy which the young Duke William is building, and to winning the hand of the lady Sybil, youngest daughter of a neighbouring knight, Sir Tancred of Hauteville. He is baffled, horrified, and infuriated to discover that brother Mauger has used the money to buy him a bishopric.There is no way out. A Church Council confirms the appointment, and in any case Duke William is not going to give him his money back; he needs it too badly.Worse still, Coutances, his new bishopric, lies at the Western edge of Normandy; there is nothing beyond it but the Great Western Ocean which goes on for ever.With the stamp of a single seal on wax, brother Mauger has taken away his fortune, his career, and his future wife (the Pope has just forbidden clerical marriage). All he has left is a ghost of a town (after the Viking raids) and a ruin of a cathedral - at the end of all the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Berwick Coates\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1787920941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781787920941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Paragon Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75d","brand":"Berwick Coates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48154154533119,"sku":"9781787920941","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b12d1a4-5ea8-4510-8198-cd470b710a9f.jpg?v=1770788257","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/geoffrey-de-montbrai-bishop-in-berwick-coates-9781787920941","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}