![]() ![]() This is an exciting read by an author with terrific writings skills. Women were allowed to practice in the Medical School of Salerno, Italy, and Adelia has been taught to help solve crimes by studying the bodies of the victims - thus the books title Mistress of the Art of Death. The local Jews have been accused of the murders, and Henry, needing the taxes he receives from Jewish merchants, wants them protected.Ĭhosen for the task are three from Southern Italy sent undercover as pilgrims - Adelia, a medically trained doctor, Simon, a brilliant Jewish investigator, and Mansur, a Muslim eunuch serving as Adelias protector. ![]() Englands King Henry II, needing experts to investigate the vicious deaths of four children in Cambridge, appeals to his cousin, the King of Sicily, to help solve the crimes. ![]()
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