Ariana Franklin




Ariana Franklin

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London, The United Kingdom

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Biographies & Memoirs, Literature & Fiction, Mystery & Thrillers


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Ariana Franklin is the pen name of British writer Diana Norman. A former journalist, Norman has written several critically acclaimed biographies and historical novels. She lives in Hertfordshire, England, with her husband, the film critic Barry Norman.

(The Death Maze (UK) is published as The Serpent's Tale in the US. Relics of the Dead (UK) is published as Grave Goods in the US.)




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Mistress of the Art of Death Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
by Ariana Franklin
avg rating 3.88 — 2,312 ratings — published 2007
29 editions
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The Serpent's Tale The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)
by Ariana Franklin
avg rating 3.76 — 937 ratings — published 2008
15 editions
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Grave Goods Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death, #3)
by Ariana Franklin
avg rating 3.99 — 432 ratings — published 2009
6 editions
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City of Shadows: A Novel of Su... City of Shadows: A Novel of Suspense
by Ariana Franklin
avg rating 3.96 — 366 ratings — published 2006
6 editions
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A Murderous Procession A Murderous Procession (Mistress of the Art of Death, #4)
by Ariana Franklin
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2010
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"Man provides his own goods and his own evils, niether God nor the Devil has anything to do with it."
Ariana Franklin
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"I yield to nobody in my admiration for God, but he's no good in bed."
Ariana Franklin (The Serpent's Tale)
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"Sister Walburga ate some of the sausage she was taking upriver for the anchorites, but you'd think from her distress that she was a Horseman of the Apocalypse and the Whore of Babylon rolled into one."
Ariana Franklin (Mistress of the Art of Death)
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