Mistress Of The Art Of Death
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  • Published: 1 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780857500366
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $29.99

Mistress Of The Art Of Death

Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar series 1

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27 Jan 2011
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1 Jul 2011
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Winner of the CWA Best Historical Crime Novel of the Year
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...
  • Published: 1 July 2011
  • ISBN: 9780857500366
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 528
  • RRP: $29.99
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About the author

Ariana Franklin

Ariana Franklin was born in Devon and, like her father, became a journalist. Having invaded Wales dressed in combat uniform with the Royal Marines for one of their military exercises, accompanied the Queen on a royal visit, missed her own twenty-first birthday party because she had to cover a murder, she married, almost inevitably, another journalist. At this point she decided that staying married was a good idea so she abandoned her career in national newspapers and settled down in the country to bring up two daughters, study medieval history and write. Ariana was the author of the acclaimed, award-winning Mistress of the Art of Death series. She passed away in 2011.

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Praise for Mistress Of The Art Of Death

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

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

Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunnits writing today

Guardian

Exhilarating... I want to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery!

TESS GERRITSEN