A Draught for a Dead Man (Chronicles of Isaac of Girona)
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| Rating | : | 4.30 (886 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0425186482 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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"excellent historical mystery" according to A Customer. In 1excellent historical mystery In 135excellent historical mystery A Customer In 1354, a group of investors led by Don Aranu Marca of Perpignan chartered a ship loaded with high quality goods to sell along various ports in the Mediterranean. Some of the investors wanted to sell arms to Aragon's enemies, but Don Marea refused so the conspirators arranged for it to look like he was committing treason. He was sent to jail and was all but convicted when his clever wife arranged his escape.During the confusion that followed the escape Don Marca was badly injured and brought to physician Jacob Bonjuhes who lives in the Jewish section of town. Isaac, a physician of Girona, is also staying at Jacob's house to attend the wedd. , a group of investors led by Don Aranu Marca of Perpignan chartered a ship loaded with high quality goods to sell along various ports in the Mediterranean. Some of the investors wanted to sell arms to Aragon's enemies, but Don Marea refused so the conspirators arranged for it to look like he was committing treason. He was sent to jail and was all but convicted when his clever wife arranged his escape.During the confusion that followed the escape Don Marca was badly injured and brought to physician Jacob Bonjuhes who lives in the Jewish section of town. Isaac, a physician of Girona, is also staying at Jacob's house to attend the wedd. 5excellent historical mystery A Customer In 1354, a group of investors led by Don Aranu Marca of Perpignan chartered a ship loaded with high quality goods to sell along various ports in the Mediterranean. Some of the investors wanted to sell arms to Aragon's enemies, but Don Marea refused so the conspirators arranged for it to look like he was committing treason. He was sent to jail and was all but convicted when his clever wife arranged his escape.During the confusion that followed the escape Don Marca was badly injured and brought to physician Jacob Bonjuhes who lives in the Jewish section of town. Isaac, a physician of Girona, is also staying at Jacob's house to attend the wedd. , a group of investors led by Don Aranu Marca of Perpignan chartered a ship loaded with high quality goods to sell along various ports in the Mediterranean. Some of the investors wanted to sell arms to Aragon's enemies, but Don Marea refused so the conspirators arranged for it to look like he was committing treason. He was sent to jail and was all but convicted when his clever wife arranged his escape.During the confusion that followed the escape Don Marca was badly injured and brought to physician Jacob Bonjuhes who lives in the Jewish section of town. Isaac, a physician of Girona, is also staying at Jacob's house to attend the wedd. booksforabuck said Good characters, history, and mystery. Wow!. Isaac, a blind Jewish physician, and his daughter Raquel accompany their friend and his daughter to her marriage in Perpignan (Spain), only to find adventure and danger. Arnau Marca, a Spanish nobleman has been accused of smuggling contraband weapons out of the country--a capital offense in time of war. His wife bribes Arnau's way out of prison, but he is wounded in the attempt. Now, Isaac and Raquel find themselves responsible for nursing him back to health--and incidentally uncovering the truth of the men who seek to destroy him. Raquel must also dedal with her friend, Bonafilla's marriage, threatened by a brief triste with a well-spoken . Original setting and detective but a predictable mystery Kelly Hess Caroline Roe sets her medieval mystery in a locale other than Great Britain and makes its main character unique in both ethnicity and disability. A medieval scholar, she delivers rich and impeccably authentic historical detail.However, there is little beyond a fresh setting, an unconventional detective, and good history to recommend this book.Isaac, a blind Jewish physician in fourteenth-century Spain, is called upon by a colleague to treat a very unusual patient - a man whose identity must remain unspoken, but whose garments mark him as a noble. Who tried to beat the man to death, and why? And why must the very name of Isaac's patient rema
This is her sixth novel in the medieval mystery series featuring blind physician Isaac of Girona, which also includes A Potion for a Widow, Solace for a Sinner, An Antidote for Avarice, Cure for a Charlatan, and Remedy for Treason.. She is a graduate of the prestigious Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto. Caroline Roe is the pseudonym of acclaimed mystery author Medora Sale
But as Arnau struggles to identify his enemy, an innocent apprentice is murdered. Now, Isaac's uncanny ability to discern foul from fair, and Arnau's relentless will to survive, are their only armor against the possibility of more tragedy. Isaac has been invited to Perpignan for two reasons: to attend a wedding of his friend Davi's son and to heal Arnau Marça, a Christian knight and patient of Davi's who was badly injured during an attack. But the real cure requires uncovering the danger that surrounds him. Blind Jewish physician Isaac of Girona travels t
The ending will leave readers feeling as warmly content as the members of the joyous wedding party.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc. The author knows her pre-Expulsion Spain intimately and, after a leisurely opening, the action arrives with a breathless rush. Meanwhile, Bonafilla has a roving eye for Felip, a dashing but dishonest Christian. . From Publishers Weekly In this sixth genial medieval mystery from Canadian author Roe (A Potion for a Widow; Remedy for Treason; etc.), blind Jewis