Serpents Tale
A Novel
- Publisher
- Penguin Group Canada
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2008
- Category
- General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143052852
- Publish Date
- Feb 2009
- List Price
- $11.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780143052845
- Publish Date
- Feb 2008
- List Price
- $24
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Description
King Henry II's mistress, Rosamund, has been poisoned, and Adelia Aguilar, the intriguing forensics expert first introduced in Mistress of the Art of Death, once again is charged by King Henry to find the murderer. But there is more at stake than the identity of a killer: Civil war threatens to ravage an already war-sick England as Henry's Queen Eleanor rallies troops to depose him. Adelia, now the mother of an infant daughter, is reunited with her lover, Rowley Picot, Henry's loyal bishop. As more savage killings ensue, Adelia works feverishly to save innocents and protect the peace.
About the author
Ariana Franklin, author of City Of Shadows, is the pen name of British writer Diana Norman. A former journalist, Norman has written several critically acclaimed biographies and historical novels. She lives in Hertfordshire, England, with her husband, the film critic Barry Norman.