The Oath of the Five Lords

The Oath of the Five Lords (Le Serment des cinq Lords)
Date	16 November 2012
Series	Blake and Mortimer
Creative team
Writers	Yves Sente
Artists	André Juillard
Original publication
Language	French
Translation
Publisher	Cinebook Ltd
Date	2014
ISBN
Translator	Jerome Saincantin
Chronology
Preceded by	The Gondwana Shrine
Followed by	The Septimus Wave

The Oath of the Five Lords is the twenty-first Blake and Mortimer book in the series. The story was written by Yves Sente. The book was drawn by André Juillard and was released on the 16 November 2012.

In 1919, Lawrence of Arabia's first draft of The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is confiscated by an MI5 agent. 35 years later, a series of burglaries occurs at the Ashmolean. Meanwhile, Blake learns of the death of an old friend. He investigates and Mortimer looks into the thefts.

In 1919, Colonel Thomas Edward Lawrence, called Lawrence of Arabia, was about to publish his memoirs in which he described how the United Kingdom did not honor its promises to the Arab nation. Lieutenant Alister Lawless of the MI5 then threatened him with reprisals if he did not remove the antipatriotic passages from his book. 35 years later, a mysterious individual disguised as a ghost steals a valuable violin from the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford University .

In London, Captain Francis Blake learns in the newspaper of the death of Lord Pitchwick, a good friend and former comrade of Oxford, and decides to go to his burial in the afternoon even in the south of England. For his part, Professor Philip Mortimer attended a seminar at the University of Oxford at the invitation of Professor Diging, Curator of the Ashmolean Museum . He was welcomed at the station by Lisa Pantry, a student assistant on P r Diging, which goes directly to the museum. Mortimer can not help but share his thoughts on the flight that took place with the Conservative, Chief Warden Mac Tearaway and simple-minded Alfred Clayton.

At the funeral of his friend, Blake recovers his former comrades of Oxford, Lords Davlon and Bowmore. He learns that the deceased died of a violent death and not of an accident, and is surprised not to see Lord Toddle. The latter is in fact held prisoner in his home and tortured by two hooded individuals seeking an object that he has hidden. That same evening, the mysterious ghost returns to steal a vase of no great value at the Ashmolean Museum without the chief guard being able to stop him, knocked out by an accomplice. Motimer decides to appeal to his friend Captain Blake, who is very interested in the case. The leader of the MI5 is then urgently called to the bedside of Lord Toddle who ends up dying from his wounds. His deputy David Honeychurch is rushing him to Lord Bowmore Castle, where he finds the Lords Davlon and Bowmore in full hunting to celebrate their reunion. The three friends understand that someone knows the existence of their secret society and tries to find what they have sworn to protect. Blake places the two lords under the protection of the MI5. Lord Bowmore reveals to him the object of the museum which serves as his hiding-place while Lord Davlon refuses. Warned, Mortimer steals a Turkish candelabrum from a showcase in the museum and hides it in his room.

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