Winner of the CWA Best Historical Crime Novel of the Year\'Great fun! Franklin succeeds in vividly bringing the 12th century to life with this cracking good story\' KATE MOSSEMedieval England. A hideous murder. Enter the first female anatomist...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.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.What the king gets is Adelia, his very own Mistress of the Art of Death.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...\'Exhilarating... I want to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery!\' TESS GERRITSEN________Readers are gripped by Mistress of the Art of Death:\'Unputdownable . . . Her characters are beguiling\' *****\'Utterly enthralling\' *****\'JUST what I want from a historical detective novel . . . The storytelling is phenomenal\' ***** Σελίδες: 528, Διαστάσεις: 12.8x12.8cm