The Assassin's Prayer

Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar series 4

Ariana Franklin

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English

Bantam
03 October 2011

Fiction & Literature; Crime & Mystery

Series: Adelia Aguilar

A lavish, romping, corpse-filled medieval mystery featuring England's first female anatomist - the 'Mistress of the Art of Death'

The King of England has called upon his Mistress of the Art of Death - anatomist and doctor Adelia Aguilar - to accompany 10-year-old Princess Joanna on her thousand-mile journey to marry the King of Sicily. They must take with them the legendary sword Excalibur.

And so Adelia sets sail with the golden princess and her lavish party of nobles, musicians, servants, laundresses, grooms, luggage and treasure. But when members of the procession begin to die and it looks as though Adelia is to blame, there are dangerous accusations of witchcraft.

Meanwhile one traveller, armed with a brilliant disguise and a personal vendetta, has been watching Adelia all too closely. This secret assassin wants her dead . . . but he wants her to suffer first.

By: Ariana Franklin
Imprint: Bantam
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 297g
ISBN: 9780553824148
ISBN 10: 0553824147
Series: Adelia Aguilar
Pages: 432
Publication Date: 03 October 2011
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Ariana Franklin (Diana Norman) was born in Devon and at twenty became the youngest reporter then on Fleet Street. She was also the author of the critically acclaimed Mistress of the Art of Death, The Death Maze and Relics of the Dead, all featuring anatomist Adelia Aguilar. She passed away in 2011.

Reviews for The Assassin's Prayer: Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar series 4

An excellent medieval mystery, full of colour and tension * Choice magazine * I'd like to crown Ariana Franklin Queen of the Historical Mystery! -- TESS GERRITSEN Few historical novelists make their oddly clad characters, from monarchs to wattle-and-daubers, seem so much like real people * Daily Telegraph * Franklin is one of the very best creators of medieval whodunits writing today * Guardian *