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The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. And, fatally, the attention of a murderer who is prepared to kill again. What's more, her speciality is the study of corpses she is, in fact, a mistress of the art of death, a skill that must be concealed in case she's accused of witchcraft.Adelia's investigation takes her deep into Cambridge, its castle and convents and in a medieval city teeming with life, Adelia makes friends and even finds romance. There are few female doctors in twelth century Europe, but Adelia is one of them, having qualified at the great School of Medicine in Salerno. A renowned investigator, Simon of Naples, is recruited and he arrives in town from the continent accompanied by an Arab and a young woman, Adelia Aguilar. The Jews provide a large part of his revenue and therefore the real killer must be found, and quickly. The Jews, made scapegoats by the all-powerful Christian clergy, have been forced to retreat into the castle to avoid slaughter by angry townspeople. In Cambridge a child has been hideously murdered and other children have disappeared.
Will her training and her stubborn pursuit of the truth help her find the killer.or make her the next victim?Ī richly detailed, twisty thriller, Death and the Maiden is historical mystery at its finest-and a superb final episode in Ariana Franklin’s much-loved, much-acclaimed series.Paperback. The results lead her to suspect that a monstrous predator is on the loose. When the body of one of the missing is discovered, Allie manages to examine the remains before burial. Over the past few months, several girls from the villages surrounding Ely have vanished. A village girl has disappeared-and she’s not the first. When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie is sent to Ely, where her path will cross with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for the young healer.
if they can find a man who will appreciate a woman with such unusual gifts. But the young woman is nearly twenty, and her father, Rowley, Bishop of Saint Albans, and his patron, the formidable Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, have plans to marry Allie to an influential husband. Allie is already a skilled healer, with a particular gift for treating animals. After the death of her friend and patron, King Henry II, Adelia Aguilar, England’s vaunted Mistress of the Art of Death, is living comfortably in retirement and training her daughter, Allie, to carry on her craft-sharing the practical knowledge of anatomy, forensics, and sleuthing that catches murderers. The much-anticipated final installment in Ariana Franklin’s popular Mistress of the Art of Death historical mystery series, finished by the author’s daughter after her death.Įngland.
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