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 The Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin
Newest Review: ... want this to happen as he needs the Jews' money. He is also furious over his subjugation to the Church after the murder of ... more  ... Thomas Becket.
I found the plot quite slow at first and it took some time to grab my interest but by about halfway through it was much better.
The main character is Adelia - "The Mistress of the Art of Death" - i.e a forensic pathologist. Her struggle to conceal her profession is quite prominent in the plot as female doctors were unusual in the twelfth century.
She is helping Simon of Naples discover the killer through the clues left on the bodies of the victims. I found this quite interesting although I'm ...more |
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The Mistress of the Art of Death - Ariana Franklin: An Art to Death (518 words)
by - written on 17/03/09 (Very useful, 289 readings)
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At first I wasn't sure whether to pick up this book, mostly due to its clumsy title - it just seemed a bit clunky. This is in some ways how the plot works out - but it is more interesting than I originally thought it would be. The book follows the quest of Simon of Naples and his doctor companion Adelia, along with her bodyguard Mansur, as they try to clear the name of the Jews of Cambridge in a spate of child murders. They have been sent from Salerno by the King of Naples so that the Jews are not expelled from England - the Church would seize on the murders as an excuse to do this. King Henry II doesn't want this to happen as he needs the ... Read the complete review
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