The Prang Codex - novel preview

By Jay Holloway

Humor

General Fiction

Language: English Not Rated (NR)

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This is an episodic collection of medieval tales set in the mid twelfth century,in the last remaining independent Saxon monarchy in Plantagenet England, dueto a nifty loophole in the law. Medieval tales of dark deeds, underhanddealings, and horrible tuneless wassailing to hideous wailing crumhorns.A set of chronicles in which the King suffers visits from Short andCurly, the two mincing actors from the travelling show Theatre of theAbsurd: Lorenz Lawne-Bowlyngge, the flamboyant interior designer & makeover expert: DrMisaubin, the travelling apothecary and snake-oil man: the misguidedowner of a henge-building franchise: Tull, the inventor of theGardeners Claw: a money-grabbing Water-diviner: an itinerant Tiler: abunch of homicidal German mercenaries: Joey Pantolooni, the leader ofthe worst circus on the planet, and many more.
Meet Griswolde Pauncefoote, the worst musician in the world: hisbrother, the Black Knight: Rijk van Dyjke, the ice sculptor: MaxHispano-Suiza, carriage-builder & dealer in dodgy second-handcarts: Leonardo van Tableaux, the hack tabloid artist: Archer, theLongbowman prepared to commit perjury on the the King's behalf: Dr.Placebo-Ganglion, the castle physician: Blacques Jacques a t'Acques,"French" Captain of the pirate sloop l'Esperance Perdu: Robin Hood: The Assassin Astreau-Turphe: and Henry II (real King).
Here, for the first time together, are extracts from Wizard Prang’sJournal, a chronicler clearly not in the same class as Samuel Pepys,together with the true catastrophic events behind each entry.