by Ariana Franklin · G. P. Putnam's Sons · tapa dura · ISBN 9780399154645
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«The Serpent's Tale» is the historical mystery novel by Ariana Franklin, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons in hardcover (384 pages, in English).
In twelfth-century England, King Henry II orders Adelia Aguilar, expert in the art of death, to investigate the poisoning of his mistress Rosamund Clifford. Suspicion falls on Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine, and Adelia must join forces with Rowley Picot, Bishop of St. Albans and father of her daughter, while she becomes caught up in a conspiracy that threatens to unleash civil war.
Second novel in the Mistress of the Art of Death series, sequel to Ariana Franklin's work of the same name.
For readers of historical mystery seeking a protagonist with forensic methods, in the vein of Kay Scarpetta.
Mary Diana Norman was a British author and journalist. She is best known for her historical crime fiction.
