Adelia Aguilar is a rare thing in medieval Europe -- a woman who has trained as a doctor. Her specialty is the study of corpses, a skill that must be concealed if she is to avoid accusations of witchcraft.
La Signora dell'Arte della Morte Serie
Questa serie ti trasporta nell'Inghilterra medievale, dove una giovane dottoressa, travestita da uomo, pratica l'arte proibita della medicina forense. Chiamata a investigare efferati omicidi di bambini, deve affrontare superstizioni, pregiudizi e potenti avversari. I suoi metodi non convenzionali e il suo coraggio nell'affrontare il male incontrano resistenza mentre si sforza di svelare la verità nascondendo la sua identità. Queste storie intrecciano suspense, dettagli storici e misteri avvincenti che tengono il lettore con il fiato sospeso.
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Twelfth-century anatomist, Adelia Aguilar must once again examine the dead as gruesome events are beginning to unfold... Henry II's favourite mistress, Rosamund Clifford, has been poisoned - and, rumour says, by his jealous wife, Eleanor of Aquitaine. If Henry believes the stories, England will be torn apart as King battles Queen. In a race against time to prove Eleanor's innocence, and with a dangerous assassin on the loose, Adelia has never faced greater danger. The armies that might cause civil war lie behind her. The icy winds of a dreadful winter blow around her. And ahead she must brave the thorns of the impenetrable labyrinth that surrounds Fair Rosamund's tower, and decipher the mystery of the dead woman who lies frozen within.
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Relics of the Dead
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On hearing of this momentous discovery, King Henry II demands evidence that the legendary Arthur is dead. So he calls upon his Mistress of the Art of Death, anatomist Adelia Aguilar, to examine the bones. But someone doesn t want the ske
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King Henry II has ordered his Mistress of the Art of Death, Adelia Aguilar, to accompany his daughter on her lavish marriage procession to Sicily. Also travelling with them is the carefully concealed sword Excalibur, Henry's gift to his future son-in-law. But as the Princess Joanna and her party set sail from England, they are unaware that a mad assassin lurks in their midst, and his target is Adelia. Soon terrible misfortune begins to strike the travellers, and as the procession witnesses Adelia's unusual talent for healing there are dangerous mutterings of witchcraft. This killer could strike at any time, but he wants Adelia to suffer first . . .
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Death and the Maiden
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if they can find a man who will appreciate a woman with such unusual gifts.When a friend in Cambridgeshire falls ill, Allie is sent to Ely, where her path will cross with Lord Peverill, a young aristocrat who would be a most suitable match for the young healer.
