Author: Ariana Franklin
Translator: Yang-hee Kim
Publisher: Woongjin.com
556 pages | 224*148mm
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About This Book
A chilling, mesmerizing novel that combines the best of modern forensic
thrillers with the detail and drama of historical fiction.
In medieval Cambridge, England, four children have been murdered. The
crimes are immediately blamed on the town's Jewish community, taken as
evidence that Jews sacrifice Christian children in blasphemous
ceremonies. To save them from the rioting mob, the king places the
Cambridge Jews under his protection and hides them in a castle fortress.
King Henry I is no friend of the Jews-or anyone, really-but he is
invested in their fate. Without the taxes received from Jewish
merchants, his treasuries would go bankrupt. Hoping scientific
investigation will exonerate the Jews, Henry calls on his cousin the
King of Sicily-whose subjects include the best medical experts in
Europe-and asks for his finest "master of the art of death," an early
version of the medical examiner. The Italian doctor chosen for the task
is a young prodigy from the University of Salerno. But her name is
Adelia-the king has been sent a mistress of the art of death.
Adelia and her companions -- Simon, a Jew, and Mansur, a Moor -- travel
to England to unravel the mystery of the Cambridge murders, which turn
out to be the work of a serial killer, most likely one who has been on
Crusade with the king. In a backward and superstitious country like
England, Adelia must conceal her true identity as a doctor in order to
avoid accusations of witchcraft. Along the way, she is assisted by Sir
Rowley Picot, one of the king's tax collectors, a man with a personal
stake in the investigation. Rowley may be a needed friend, or the fiend
for whom they are searching. As Adelia's investigation takes her into
Cambridge's shadowy river paths and behind the closed doors of its
churches and nunneries, the hunt intensifies and the killer prepares to
strike again . .
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