I never finished the first book in the series, disliking a couple of Franklin's stylistic tics, and only picked up this one when I saw that it's based on the historical "discovery" of the bodies of Arthur and Guinevere at Glastonbury Abbey in the late 12th century. Adelia, the main character, is ...
Another fantastic addition to this series, though I am sad to know it is also the last in this series. The story itself was really great. I thought this one might not be as good as the others since going into it you know that it is Scarry hunting Adelia but I found the mystery of trying to figure...
I have really enjoyed the 2 books I have now read by this author, sadly now deceased. another good story line with Adelia Aguilar, I am looking forward to the next chapter.
This book was a group read on LibraryThing...The Highly Rated Book Group sponsored it, with the game-though-gravid Vintage_Books leading us through some very trenchant questions about our impressions of both the book and the world it's set in...and thank goodness for that! It's a lot more fun to ...
A cultured city scarred by war. . . . An eastern émigré with scars and secrets of her own. . . . A young woman claiming to be a Russian grand duchess. . . . A brazen killer, as vicious as he is clever. . . . A detective driven by decency and the desire for justice.. . . A nightmare political move...
Ariana Franklin combines the best of modern forensic thrillers with the drama of historical fiction in the enthralling second novel in the Mistress of the Art of Death series, featuring medieval heroine Adelia Aguilar. Rosamund Clifford, the mistress of King Henry II, has died an agonizing dea...
She was accompanied by Richard, whose height made her look even smaller than she was. Ulf peered for Excalibur, but whatever sword was in Richard’s bejeweled scabbard, it wasn’t King Arthur’s. For once, everybody’s eye was on the princess, not her brother. The ladies-in-wa...
Having vented his spleen on the castle in the aftermath of the escape, the King’s appetite for another siege in the barren climes of winter, never exactly strong, waned completely. The cost was prohibitive for one thing, the discomfort for another, so, with his unrivalled ability to move an army ...