Mistress Of The Art Of Death Av Ariana Franklin

<p><b>Winner of the CWA Best Historical Crime Novel of the Year</b><br><br><b>''Great fun! Franklin succeeds in vividly bringing the 12th century to life with this cracking good story'' KATE MOSSE</b><br><br><b><i>Medieval England. A hideous murder. Enter the first female anatomist...</i></b><br><br>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.<br><br>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.<br><br>What the king gets is Adelia, his very own Mistress of the Art of Death.<br><br>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...<br><br><b>''Exhilarating... I want to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery!'' TESS GERRITSEN<br></b><br>________<br><br><b>Readers are gripped by <i>Mistress of the Art of Death</i>:</b><br><br>''<b>Unputdownable </b>. . . Her characters are <b>beguiling</b>'' *****<br>''Utterly <b>enthralling</b>'' *****<br>''JUST what I want from a historical detective novel . . . The <b>storytelling is phenomenal</b>'' *****</p>