false 2605160 3 London, 1672. The past twelve years have brought momentous changes: the restoration of the monarchy, a devastating plague and fire. Yet the city remains a teeming, thriving metropolis, energized by the lusty decadence of Charles II's court and burgeoning scientific inquiry. Although women enjoy greater freedom, they are not allowed to practice medicine, a restriction that physician Hannah Devlin evades by treating patients that most other doctors shun: the city's poor. But Hannah has a special knowledge that Secretary of State Lord Arlington desperately needs. At the king's Machiavellian court, Hannah attracts the attention of two men, charming courtier Ralph Montagu and anatomist Dr. Edward Strathern, as well as the attention of the powerful College of Physicians, which views her work as criminal. When two influential courtiers are found brutally murdered, their bodies inscribed with arcane symbols, Hannah is drawn into a dangerous investigation by Dr. Strathern, who believes the murders conceal a far-reaching conspiracy that may include Hannah's late father and the king himself. Cambridge, 2008. Teaching history at Trinity College is Claire Donovan's dream come true -- until one of her colleagues is found dead on the banks of the River Cam. The only key to the professor's unsolved murder is a seventeenth century diary kept by his last research subject, Hannah Devlin, physician to the king's mistress. With help from the eclectic collections of Cambridge's renowned libraries, Claire and historian Andrew Kent follow the clues Devlin left behind, uncovering secrets of London's dark past and Cambridge's equally murky present, and discovering that events of three hundred years ago may still have consequences today.... A suspenseful and richly satisfying tale brimming with sharply observed historical detail, The Devlin Diary brings past and present to vivid life. With wit and grace, Christi Phillips holds readers spellbound with an extraordinary novel of secrets, obsession, and the haunting power of the past. 2629806 14 4 2009 The Devlin Diary total:129|5:31|4:51|3:38|2:8|1:1| 129 490 301 42 3 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 08:48:59 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 09:08:25 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 17:11:33 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 14:20:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:19:09 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 07:26:53 -0700 2009
The Devlin Diary follows parallel stories - one in 1672 and one in the present. Both concern murder, both concern women who are struggling with a ca...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:09:54 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 09:20:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 24 07:38:48 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 29 17:05:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 08:58:59 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 09:16:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 17:31:25 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 23 10:14:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:59:56 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 22:00:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Apr 29 19:15:07 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 06:28:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 19:55:12 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 19:55:23 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 13:33:24 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 13:33:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 16:26:25 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 07:59:07 -0700 2009 This book was amazing! Simply put, Phillips knows how to weave an engaging tale using bits of history and her imagination! The Devlin Diary is a fast paced and well choreographed tale of two women, a royal conspiracy, murder, and how all these elements connect them over centuries. I love histo...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jun 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 11:45:39 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 11:22:53 -0700 2009 From the acclaimed author of The Rossetti Letter comes a dazzling novel of intrigue, passion, and royal secrets that shifts tantalizingly between Restoration-era London and present-day Cambridge.

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In present day Cambridge, England, a Trinity College history professor is found dead with the torn page of a 17th century diary in his hand. His death appears to be an...more...]]>