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Serpents Tale

A Novel

by (author) Ariana Franklin

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
Feb 2008
Category
General
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143052852
    Publish Date
    Feb 2009
    List Price
    $11.99
  • 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.

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