Cruel as the Grave: 2 - Brossura

Penman, Sharon Kay

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0345441443 ISBN 13: 9780345441447

Casa editrice: Fawcett, 2001

Riassunto

Steeped in political machinations, London in 1193 provides the setting for a new investigation by Justin de Quincy, the Queen's Man, who searches for the individual responsible for the brutal murder of a young girl in a churchyard while attempting to negotate a truce between the Dowager Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine and her son, John. Reprint.

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“Penman writes about the medieval world and its people with vigor, compassion, and clarity.”
–San Francisco Chronicle

“Penman’s lively, articulate prose brings to life history as it could have happened–high praise for a historical mystery.”
–Houston Chronicle

“Sharon Kay Penman tells her stories with passion and a strong sense of time and place.”
–MARGARET FRAZER
Author of the Sister Frevisse Novels

“Once you enter Penman’s world, you’re hooked.”
–Seattle Post-Intelligencer

L'autore:

Sharon Kay Penman has lived in England and Wales and currently resides in New Jersey. She is the author of six other novels: Falls the Shadow, Here Be Dragons, The Reckoning, The Sunne in Splendour, When Christ and His Saints Slept, and the first Justin de Quincy adventure: The Queen’s Man.

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• Editore: Fawcett
• Data di pubblicazione: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0345441443
• ISBN 13: 9780345441447
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 272