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Loading... Remedy for Treason (1998)by Caroline Roe
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. A murder mystery set in Catalonia in the second half of the fourteenth century, with a blind Jewish physician trying to figure out how the apparent murder of a nun relates to a plot against the children of Pedro, king of Aragon. Pleasantly readable if a bit thin—the mastermind is both obvious and quite stock. ( ) no reviews | add a review
Girona, Spain. 1353.Struggling to save his patients from the plague, and avoiding the even greater danger of his wife's temper, Isaac discovers that pestilence isn't the city's only killer. A nun dies in the public baths. Then it is revealed that she is not a nun at all, but an attendant to the queen in nun's disguise.The Bishop of Girona calls upon Isaac to help determine the strange circumstance of her death--and the purpose of her deception. But Isaac soon finds himself and his family caught in a tightening web of royal intrigue designed to destroy the Spanish monarchy--and whoever else gets in the way... ? First in an all new medieval mystery series ? Fans of The Name of the Rose will love it ? Fantastic advance praise from acclaimed authors Bruce Alexander and Candace Robb No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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