Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, Bk 1)
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Book Type: Paperback
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Four children have been murdered in Cambridge in 1171. The population is blaming it on the Jewish community. King Henry I requests help from his cousin the King of Sicily. The help arrives from Salerno and is not quite what Henry was expecting. Adelia is more forensic pathologist/coroner than physician but she is capable at both. Her companions are Simon, a Jew, and Mansur, a Moor.
Adelia is a little difficult to accept at first. She is more straight forward than the people are used to. I'm sure that Ms. Franklin wrote her to be off setting to show how much of a foreigner she is to the townspeople. Adelia's romance with Rowley, the local tax collector was an interesting surprise. The book is well written and poetic license is easily dismissed in regard to true facts from the time period. Overall a good read.
Four children have been murdered in Cambridge in 1171. The population is blaming it on the Jewish community. King Henry I requests help from his cousin the King of Sicily. The help arrives from Salerno and is not quite what Henry was expecting. Adelia is more forensic pathologist/coroner than physician but she is capable at both. Her companions are Simon, a Jew, and Mansur, a Moor.
Adelia is a little difficult to accept at first. She is more straight forward than the people are used to. I'm sure that Ms. Franklin wrote her to be off setting to show how much of a foreigner she is to the townspeople. Adelia's romance with Rowley, the local tax collector was an interesting surprise. The book is well written and poetic license is easily dismissed in regard to true facts from the time period. Overall a good read.
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