Disappointing. Once again we have the anachronistic feminist: few women in 1920 would reject a solid marriage to a man they love; in 1171 it was not possible. I do not know the historical accuracy of female doctors in Salerno, but would hope that Franklin did her research and am gonna assume that ...
Liked the premise and the characters a great deal. The mistress of the art of death was like a 12th century Kay Scarpetta. I like stories in which I learn new things--in this case, you can learn a lot about 12th century England without the author behaving like a show off. I enjoyed the beginning an...
Vesuvia Adelia Rachel Ortese Aguilar is a Mistress of the Art of Death. In another word, she is a forensic doctor. Temperance Brennan in medieval England, indeed, with a mouthful of a name! She, unlike Temperance Brennan, though was described as ‘dumpy’ and ‘plain’ yet she is in a way still attra...
I have a weekness for historical detective fiction... This one is set in the late 12C, and centres on a saracen women doctor who specialises in what you'd now call forensic medicine - can you imagine! Set in Cambridge. So there's a fair amount of culture shock being portrayed, the depiction of the l...
Overall, this is a very good mystery. The characters are well drawn, the amount of historical detail in the novel is impressive, though Franklin doesn't whack you over the head with "look at how much I know" syndrome. Mistress tells the story of Adelia, who as some other reviewers (hi, Anita) have...
I both enjoyed and was dissappointed by this story.I'm sure this book was originally recommended to me because of the Jewish aspect but although they did provide a little (a lot less than I expected) background colour, for the most part I felt their inclusion was a Macguffin, useful in that the freq...
I started this 5 days ago. I was worried from the start that it would not be my cup of tea. For five days my head is telling me: Be patient! Don't be rash. Give this book a chance. You know those books that you cannot put down? Well this belongs instead with those books that you cannot motivate your...
I admit that the very beginning of this book was a bit confusing for me. There were multiple POVs and none of them were the main characters, who were later introduced. But I'm very glad I stuck with it as I ended up enjoying the mystery and Adelia and company quite a bit.Adelia is not the easiest ...
Another medieval mystery, but somehow more adult and darker. I didn't enjoy it quite as much [as the Gil Cunningham mysteries], to be honest, but I might try the next one to see how I like it. (Aug. 2010)
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