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008			151015s20072007nyub 000 1 eng
020			_a9780399154140
082	1		_aFIC FRA _2
100	1		_aFranklin, Ariana
245	1	0	_aMistress of the art of death _c/ Ariana Franklin
260			_aNew York _b: G.P. Putnam's Sons _c, c2007.
300			_a384 p. _b: map _c; 24 cm.
490	1		_aMistress of the Art of Death series
520	3		_aIn medieval Cambridge, England, four children have been murdered. The crimes are immediately blamed on the town's Jewish community, taken as evidence that Jews sacrifice Christian children in blasphemous ceremonies. To save them from the rioting mob, the king places the Cambridge Jews under his protection and hides them in a castle fortress. King Henry I is no friend of the Jews-or anyone, really-but he is invested in their fate. Without the taxes received from Jewish merchants, his treasuries would go bankrupt. Hoping scientific investigation will exonerate the Jews, Henry calls on his cousin the King of Sicily-whose subjects include the best medical experts in Europe-and asks for his finest "master of the art of death," an early version of the medical examiner. The Italian doctor chosen for the task is a young prodigy from the University of Salerno. But her name is Adelia-the king has been sent a mistress of the art of death. Adelia and her companions-Simon, a Jew, and Mansur, a Moor-travel to England to unravel the mystery of the Cambridge murders, which turn out to be the work of a serial killer, most likely one who has been on Crusade with the king.
546			_aEnglish.
600	1	4	_aHenry _bII _cKing of England _d(1133 - 1189) _v--Fiction
650		4	_aAguilar, Adelia (Fictitious character) _v--Fiction
655		4	_aHistorical fiction
655		4	_aSuspense fiction
942			_cMO
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