Imagine yourself, a lord at the court of Portugal’s King Pedro.
Now you must kiss the hand of Inês, newly crowned queen – and six years dead.
In May 2020, Death in Coimbra
is named a Finalist
for Chanticleer's 2019 Chaucer Prize.
UPDATED: On September 13, 2020 - Now a First Place Award from Chanticleer! Yeah!!
Death in Coimbra
The Tudors of England have nothing on the royals of medieval Iberia. In Portugal,
long before Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet, Pedro and Inês lived and died in a tale of jealousy and revenge most bloody and tragic.
Pedro's father nearly lost his crown to a bastard sibling. A loyal courtier, Gonçalves, rescues the crown, earning the undying, unquestioning loyalty of the king. In turn, Gonçalves provides young Pedro with guidance and comfort, living under the rigid moral code of his father's court. Pedro, an only son, is set to marry for the crown needs heirs. The arrival of the Lady Inês sets in motion a series of events driving father and son apart. When you can't talk to your father, bad things can happen.