false 508915 13 When Martin Nanther, Hereditary Peer in the House of Lords, is choosing the subject of his next biography, he becomes intrigued by the life of his own great-grandfather, Henry Nanther. So grateful was Queen Victoria for Henry&#8217;s services as physician to the royal family that she granted him a peerage, making him a lord, the first doctor ever to be so honored. Henry had been especially attentive to hemophiliacs in the royal family, for he was obsessed with blood. As he recounted in his diary, &#8220;Red is my favorite color. To me a splash of blood is beautiful, and I profoundly lack understanding of those who flinch or even faint at the sight of it.&#8221;<br><br>As his research deepens, Martin begins to uncover hints that his great-grandfather&#8217;s fascination with blood may have had its darker side. The murder of Henry&#8217;s fiancée, the death of his young son, the remarkable number of relatives and friends who died mysteriously&#8212;could all these have been mere coincidence? Martin scours England and America for relatives whose attics or memories might hold clues, until finally the tragic truth stands revealed.<br><br>Drawing from the dark themes of obsession and murder that drive so many of Barbara Vine&#8217;s extraordinary novels, The Blood Doctor is also enriched by domestic intimacies familiar to readers of Ruth Rendell&#8217;s beloved Inspector Wexford novels and by details of Dame Rendell&#8217;s own experience as a Life Peer in the House of Lords. Once again we have a masterful work from a storyteller of the highest order. 3373001 book 2 7 2002 The Blood Doctor total:185|5:35|4:58|3:71|2:17|1:4| 185 658 253 22 4 1 false false Sat Nov 29 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 19:34:55 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 20:13:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 19:53:22 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 19:54:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun May 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 16 14:48:48 -0700 2008 Sun May 24 19:14:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Mar 23 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Tue Feb 12 09:01:20 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 21 13:13:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 22:22:18 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 22:29:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Mon Aug 24 03:28:37 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 03:30:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 28 11:46:23 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 03:35:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Dec 03 12:57:53 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 12:59:21 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 09:07:42 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 12:36:00 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Jan 04 20:51:14 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 20:53:53 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Sun Oct 12 12:10:52 -0700 2008 Sat Jul 18 07:49:21 -0700 2009
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