false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171074785m/86643.jpg 86643 29 A chilling, mesmerizing novel that combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the detail and drama of historical fiction. In medieval Cambridge, England, four children have been murdered. The crimes are immediately blamed on the town's Jewish community, taken as evidence that Jews sacrifice Christian children in blasphemous ceremonies. To save them from the rioting mob, the king places the Cambridge Jews under his protection and hides them in a castle fortress. King Henry I is no friend of the Jews-or anyone, really-but he is invested in their fate. Without the taxes received from Jewish merchants, his treasuries would go bankrupt. Hoping scientific investigation will exonerate the Jews, Henry calls on his cousin the King of Sicily-whose subjects include the best medical experts in Europe-and asks for his finest "master of the art of death," an early version of the medical examiner. The Italian doctor chosen for the task is a young prodigy from the University of Salerno. But her name is Adelia-the king has been sent a mistress of the art of death. Adelia and her companions-Simon, a Jew, and Mansur, a Moor-travel to England to unravel the mystery of the Cambridge murders, which turn out to be the work of a serial killer, most likely one who has been on Crusade with the king. In a backward and superstitious country like England, Adelia must conceal her true identity as a doctor in order to avoid accusations of witchcraft. Along the way, she is assisted by Sir Rowley Picot, one of the king's tax collectors, a man with a personal stake in the investigation. Rowley may be a needed friend, or the fiend for whom they are searching. As Adelia's investigation takes her into Cambridge's shadowy river paths and behind the closed doors of its churches and nunneries, the hunt intensifies and the killer prepares to strike again . . 2443651 book 6 2 2007 Mistress of the Art of Death (Book 1) total:2535|5:643|4:1129|3:599|2:122|1:42| 2535 9814 4132 734 5 9 false false Wed Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 25 22:42:30 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 25 22:42:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 9 false false Mon Oct 20 12:10:09 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 12:10:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 14:52:58 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 03 15:07:07 -0700 2007
Mistress of the Art of Death tells the tale of Adelia, a "doctor to the dead" in the 12th century. Dispatched from her academic existence at the University of Salerno to medieval Cambridge to investigate the gruesome death of four
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Tal como diz a autora na nota final do livro, escrever um romance histórico, em particular quando a acção decorre no século XII, pode ser complicado e por vezes os anacronismos se tornam inevitáveis. Alguns foram int...more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 18:34:25 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 20 18:34:52 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 11:10:32 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 18 11:10:56 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Mar 24 12:55:37 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 14:07:35 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 1 false true Wed Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 04 08:37:20 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 09 09:23:31 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 01 13:53:17 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 16 08:58:24 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 18 19:13:57 -0800 2007 Sat Jan 19 09:47:19 -0800 2008
First of all I was surprisingly pleased about the lack of descriptions of the people in the book. While there were a few adjectives here or there, you (as...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 14:14:23 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 10 16:50:51 -0800 2007 Franklin, Ariana (aka Diana Norman) – 1st in series
Bantam Press, 2007, UK Hardcover – ISBN: 9780593056493
First Sentence: Here they come.
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This is the tale of a female forensics doctor living in the 1100's, long before the days of coroners or even much understanding of how the human body works, called from Salerno to Cambridge to help catch a child killer. The many criticisms I've read abo...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 16 12:13:05 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 16 12:13:12 -0800 2009 (Spoiler Alert)
The book “Mistress of the Art of Death” was one that captivated me until the very end. Set around the murder of children in England in the year 1170 under King Henry II, it contained elements of feminism, mystery, action, religion and ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 14 02:02:32 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 14 02:03:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 09:01:25 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 09:26:26 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 19:09:19 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 19:19:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 22 08:41:42 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 09:36:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=86643