The Lawless Land, Morison + Morrison - B+

                     This intriguing novel is set in 14th century England and France, pits a good man, a knight and veteran of England's wars in France, against a corrupt Parisian cardinal and a scheming English earl. The world is still quaking and recovering from the Black Death, known then as the Great Mortality. Sir Gerard Fox rescues a young woman, Willa,  fleeing Earl Tonbridge and in possession of a document that Tonbridge has promised Cardinal Molyneux, who believes the document will give him the opportunity to achieve the Papacy in Avignon. Fox thwarts them and he and Willa, a ladies maid to the late Lady Isabel, create an intriguing team, one we will meet again. Because my favorite teacher in college, was a Medieval scholar, I've always liked the histories and the occasional novels that have crossed my path. This novel is especially well done because the brother in this brother and sister pairing is a specialist in page turning thrillers. His sister, in their first joint effort, is a Medieval specialist.