As I have reported previously the Raven King wasn’t without his rivals. No one makes it to the place of prominence without making a few enemies. But to a king there is no greater crime than the crime of betrayal. And the Raven King suspected one of his subjects of duplicity. The subject was Robert Barbatus, the Earl of Wharfdale. One known for his cunning and his manipulations; the one known as the Fox.
The Earl had a son who had recently died of the fever. The Raven King had him dug up and brought to him. He invoked a spell over him which brought him back. He wanted find out what he knew of the Earls intrigues.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke
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