A romance with the backdrop of the notorious Star Chamber of the English legal system. The Chamber began as purely administrative, but gradually took on more of a judicial role, enforcing the monarch's will when the courts could or would not do so. As the mix of fact and fiction unfolds in this tale, the court is beginning to lose favor during the reign of James I as the church once again increased its power, while Parliament's power decreased as the monarch tried to rule without them. - Summary by Lynne Thompson
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
The Three Cranes in the Vintry.
18:53 - Chapter 2
Sir Giles Mompesson and his Partner.
14:01 - Chapter 3
The French Ordinary.
12:22 - Chapter 4
A Star-Chamber victim.
09:41 - Chapter 5
Jocelyn Mounchensey.
08:49 - Chapter 6
Provocation.
09:14 - Chapter 7
How Lord Roos obtained Sir Francis Mitchell's signature.
07:35 - Chapter 8
Of Lupo Vulp, Captain Bludder, Clement Lanyere, and Sir Giles's other Myrmidons.
09:17 - Chapter 9
The Letters-Patent.
26:37 - Chapter 10
The 'prentices and their leader.
10:24 - Chapter 11
John Wolfe.
10:40 - Chapter 12
The Arrest and the Rescue.
17:49 - Chapter 13
How Jocelyn Mounchensey encountered a masked horseman on Stamford Hill.
21:11 - Chapter 14
The May-Queen and the Puritan's Daughter.
20:31 - Chapter 15
Hugh Calveley.
06:56 - Chapter 16
Of the sign given by the Puritan to the Assemblage.
10:58 - Chapter 17
A rash promise.
09:25 - Chapter 18
How the promise was cancelled.
11:43 - Chapter 19
Theobalds' Palace.
27:02 - Chapter 20
King James the First.
19:25 - Chapter 21
Consequences of the Puritan's warning.
18:10 - Chapter 22
Wife and Mother-in-Law.
18:23 - Chapter 23
The Tress of Hair.
19:51 - Chapter 24
The Fountain Court.
05:59 - Chapter 25
Sir Thomas Lake.
15:49 - Chapter 26
The forged Confession.
20:15 - Chapter 27
The Puritan's Prison.
11:42 - Chapter 28
The Secret.
13:44 - Chapter 29
Luke Hatton.
23:35