Winner of the CWA Best Historical Crime Novel of the Year
'Great fun! Franklin succeeds in vividly bringing the 12th century to life with this cracking good story' KATE MOSSE
Medieval England. A hideous murder. Enter the first female anatomist...
Adelia Aguilar is a rare thing in medieval Europe - a woman who has trained as a doctor. Her speciality is the study of corpses, a skill that must be concealed if she is to avoid accusations of witchcraft.
But in Cambridge a child has been murdered, others are disappearing, and King Henry has called upon a renowned Italian investigator to find the killer - fast.
What the king gets is Adelia, his very own Mistress of the Art of Death.
The investigation takes Adelia deep into Cambridge; its castle and convents, and streets teeming with life. And it is here that she attracts the attention of a murderer who is prepared to kill again...
'Exhilarating... I want to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery!' TESS GERRITSEN
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Readers are gripped by Mistress of the Art of Death:
'Unputdownable . . . Her characters are beguiling' *****
'Utterly enthralling' *****
'JUST what I want from a historical detective novel . . . The storytelling is phenomenal' *****
Rezensionen / Stimmen
A vigorous evocation of medieval life in all its richness and squalor and an attention-grabbing thriller. * BBC History magazine * Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunnits writing today * Guardian * Great fun! Franklin succeeds in vividly bringing the 12th century to life with this cracking good story. * Kate Mosse * A morbidly entertaining novel that outdoes the competition. * New York Times * Exhilarating... I want to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery! * Tess Gerritsen * Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunnits writing today * Guardian * Great fun! Franklin succeeds in vividly bringing the 12th century to life with this cracking good story * KATE MOSSE * A morbidly entertaining novel that outdoes the competition * New York Times * Exhilarating... I want to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery! * TESS GERRITSEN *
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Transworld Publishers Ltd
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Höhe: 224 mm
Breite: 146 mm
Dicke: 45 mm
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ISBN-13
978-0-85750-036-6 (9780857500366)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
Ariana Franklin (Diana Norman) was born in Devon and at twenty became the youngest reporter then on Fleet Street. She was also the author of the critically acclaimed Death Maze, Relics of the Dead and The Assassin's Prayer all featuring anatomist Adelia Aguilar. She passed away in 2011.
