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In Cambridge, four children have been murdered. Wrongly accused of the crimes, a small community of Jews threatened by Catholic mobs is given sanctuary by Henry II. To assist in proving their innocence, he summons an expert in the science of deduction and the art of death. She is Adelia, a prodigy from the Medical School of Salerno, and an anomaly in a medieval world, who is forced to conceal her identity and her purpose from England's grave superstitions...
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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[2010]
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English
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Adelia is traveling with King Henry II's daughter, Joanna, who is marrying William II of Sicily. Along with her Arab companion, Mansur, her lover, Rowley, and the Irish sea captain, O'Donnell, is a murderer bent on the worst kind of revenge.
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Adelia Aguilar series volume 2
A Mistress of the Art of Death volume 2
Mistress of the Art of Death novel volume 2
A Mistress of the Art of Death volume 2
Mistress of the Art of Death novel volume 2
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English
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Adelia Aguilar, mistress of the art of death, is summoned, along with Rowley Picot, the Bishop of Saint Albans, by King Henry II to investigate the murder of his mistress, Rosamund Clifford, and to find evidence against the king's estranged queen, Eleanor of Aquitaine.
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Adelia Aguilar series volume 2
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Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
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English
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Henry II has his wife Eleanor, imprisoned for fear she and their sons will overthrow him. When his mistress is poisoned he sends for Adelia Aguilar to investigate the murder. Eleanor has escaped from prison and someone is trying to frame her for the murder. Adelia saves the queen but learns that she is trying to overthrow the king.
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