The Assassin's Prayer: Mistress of the Art of Death 4

The Assassin's Prayer: Mistress of the Art of Death 4

by Ariana Franklin (Author)

Synopsis

Adelia Aguilar is to accompany 10-year-old Princess Joanna on her thousand-mile journey to marry the King of Sicily. They must take with them the legendary sword Excalibur. And so Adelia sets sail with the golden princess and her lavish procession of nobles, musicians, servants, laundresses, grooms, luggage and treasure. But when members of the procession begin to die and it looks as though Adelia is to blame, there are dangerous accusations of witchcraft. Meanwhile one traveller, armed with a brilliant disguise and a personal vendetta, has been watching Adelia all too closely. He wants Adelia dead . . . but he wants her to suffer first.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 432
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 18 Aug 2011

ISBN 10: 0553824147
ISBN 13: 9780553824148
Book Overview: A lavish, romping, corpse-filled medieval mystery featuring England's first female anatomist - the 'Mistress of the Art of Death'

Media Reviews
Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunits writing today * Guardian *
Few historical novelists make their oddly clad characters, from monarchs to wattle-and-daubers, seem so much like real people * Daily Telegraph *
I'd like to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery! -- TESS GERRITSEN
An excellent medieval mystery, full of colour and tension * Choice magazine *
Author Bio
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 Mistress of the Art of Death, The Death Maze and Relics of the Dead, all featuring anatomist Adelia Aguilar. She passed away in 2011.