In the Shadow of the Enemy (eBook)

Tania Bayard (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
224 Seiten
Severn House Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-4483-0177-5 (ISBN)

Infos

Paris, 1393. A masquerade ball at the palace ends in tragedy, with four revellers burned to death. Was it an accident, or did someone deliberately hurl a flaming torch at the dancers? Christine de Pizan investigates, and finds the palace to be a hotbed of rumour, suspicion, petty rivalries and dark secrets: a place where no one can be trusted...

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Scribe sleuth Christine de Pizan must discover who wants to kill the king in the second installment of this richly imagined historical mystery series set in 14th Century France.Paris, 1393. A masquerade ball at the palace ends in tragedy, with four revelers burned to death. Was it an accident...or did someone deliberately hurl a flaming torch at the dancers? Convinced it was an act of murder and that the king himself was the real target, Queen Isabeau has asked Christine de Pizan to spend time at court to uncover the identity of the would-be assassin.With the king struck down by an illness no one can understand, Christine finds the palace to be a hotbed of rumor, suspicion, petty rivalries, and dark secrets: a place where no one can be trusted. Could the kings ambitious brother, the Duke of Orleans, be responsible for the deaths? One of his embittered uncles? Or could the killer lie even closer to home

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.3.2019
• Reihe/Serie: A Christine de Pizan Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Christine de Pizan Mystery
• Reihe/Serie: A Christine de Pizan Mystery
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Historische Romane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Historische Kriminalromane
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Krimi / Thriller / Horror ► Krimi / Thriller
• Schlagworte: amateur sleuth • arson • Assassin • Ball • Charles VI of France • Christine de Pizan • christine de pizan mystery • christine de pizan series • Dancers • Dark Secrets • Duke of Orleans • female protagonist • Fictionalized • fourteenth century • French court • Historical • historical fiction • historical fiction reimagining • Isabeau of Bavaria • Killer • Louis • Mad King • Mad king, Charles VI of France, Duke of Orleans, murder, arson, masquerade ball, medieval mystery, fourteenth century • masquerade • Masquerade ball • medieval mystery • Murder • Murder Mystery • Palace • Paris • Queen • Scribe • Secrets • series • uncover
• ISBN-10: 1-4483-0177-7 / 1448301777
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4483-0177-5 / 9781448301775