Kendall Down: 5 books

On his return to Capelburgh George Crandall starts to implement his plans to make the place plague-proof. New houses, new habits, new diets, but his time is taken up with the day-to-day tasks of a mediaeval lord: peace-keeping, justice and above all, war. As well as a squire's wedding to...

There may be official peace between Scotland and England, but lawlessness still reigns in the Debatable Lands along the border. As Lord of Capelburgh, George Crandall finds himself reluctantly drawn into executing judgement on robbers, fraudsters, and noble murderers. In the midst of it all he can't...

As the new villagers settle in, life in Capelburgh begins to return to normal after the upsets of the Black Death. Work begins on a new keep for the castle and the influx of workmen creates its own strains and tensions. Meanwhile an Abyssinian maid enters George's life and he is called upon to solve...

As George Crandall tries to rebuild Capelburgh he is faced by crisis after crisis. First the community is threatened by an attack from a company of runaway villeins led by men who call themselves the "True Witnesses" and lay claim to apocalyptic powers. It takes a bloody - but one-sided...