![]() ![]() ![]() Before civil war can once again tear the country apart, Henry needs Adelia to uncover the truth about Rosamund’s death. King Henry II’s favorite mistress, Rosamund, has been murdered, presumably with poisonous mushrooms, and his estranged wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, is the chief suspect-Eleanor recently escaped from Henry’s clutches and is known to be both wildly jealous and also brewing rebellion. Her peace is disrupted by the arrival of a messenger with a royal mandate. As this enjoyable romp opens, Adelia has settled into life in the fens of East Anglia, practicing medicine and trying to raise her daughter. The proto-feminist “doctor of death” has come a long way. ![]() Medieval forensic specialist Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar returns to action in the second installment in Franklin’s historical series ( Mistress of the Art of Death, 2007). ![]()
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