Ebook Auramala - The King Lives

England is on the verge of war with France. King Edward III has managed to finance an invasion fleet thanks to surprisingly generous loans from Florentine bankers, with the mediation of Niccolò Fieschi of Genoa. After a short time in London, Niccolò is able to enter the elite circle of the King’s councillors, to the great resentment of the English barons. Far away, a mysterious Welsh pilgrim of noble bearing has arrived at the Abbey of Sant’Alberto di Butrio, near Pavia, to live a life of penitence. The war against France and the Welshman’s fate, though apparently worlds apart, are in reality linked by an enigmatic document signed by Manuele Fieschi, papal notary and relative of Niccolò, which proves to be nothing short of a blackmail letter, aimed at Edward III. To put an end to this threat, John de Ulgham and William de Tels, the finest agents of the King’s secret business, are sent to Italy under cryptic orders: they must ‘weed out the rose in the Fieschi garden of Pavia’.