In the savage aftermath of the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the nun Hildegard of Meaux sets out on a perilous journey across the wilds of North Yorkshire. Her quest is to establish a small priory of her own but along the way she encounters five corpses swinging from a gibbet and a brutally murdered boy in the woods. Horrified, she is determined to discover who can have committed such a crime but when the trail leads to Castle Hutton she soon finds her own life in jeopardy from the brutal mercenary Escrick Fitzjohn. What has this to do with events in London? Mystery follows mystery as Hildegard seeks to unravel the truth. First in the acclaimed medieval mystery series, Hangman Blind introduces Saxon heart-throb Ulf of Langbrough and the charismatic Abbot de Courcy. Murder is not the only danger Hildegard faces - her heart is in danger too.